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CVE-2019-16928

Exim 4.92 through 4.92.2 allows remote code execution, a different vulnerability than CVE-2019-15846. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in...

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
September 27, 2019
Published Date
September 27, 2019
Last Updated
February 04, 2025
Vendor
Exim
Product
Exim
Description
Exim 4.92 through 4.92.2 allows remote code execution, a different vulnerability than CVE-2019-15846. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in string_vformat in string.c involving a long EHLO command.
Tags
cisa

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1

9.8 - CRITICAL

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

7.5

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

SSVC Information

Exploitation
active
Automatable
Yes
Technical Impact
total

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (2022-03-03 00:00:00 UTC) Source

References

https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20190927.032457.c1044d4c.en.html https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2449 https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/478effbfd9c3cc5a627fc671d4bf94d13670d65f http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/3 https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4536 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4141-1/ http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/4 https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/60 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T3TJW4HPYH3O5HZCWGD6NSHTEBTTAPDC/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UY6HPRW7MR3KBQ5JFHH6OXM7YCZBJCOB/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EED7HM3MFIBAP5OIMJAFJ35JAJABTVSC/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-47

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source Added Date
CISA 2022-03-03 00:00:00 UTC

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Added to KEVIntel