CVE-2017-1000369
MEDIUMExim <= 4.89 - Use-After-Free via Multiple -p Command Line Arguments
Title source: llmDescription
Exim supports the use of multiple "-p" command line arguments which are malloc()'ed and never free()'ed, used in conjunction with other issues allows attackers to cause arbitrary code execution. This affects exim version 4.89 and earlier. Please note that at this time upstream has released a patch (commit 65e061b76867a9ea7aeeb535341b790b90ae6c21), but it is not known if a new point release is available that addresses this issue at this time.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Mitigation, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/Exim/exim/commit/65e061b76867a9ea7aeeb535341b790b90ae6c21
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038779
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99252
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000369
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-19
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.qualys.com/2017/06/19/stack-clash/stack-clash.txt
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3888
Scores
CVSS v3
4.0
EPSS
0.0053
EPSS Percentile
40.8%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-404
Status
published
Products (5)
debian/debian_linux
8.0
debian/debian_linux
9.0
exim/exim
4.88 (7 CPE variants)
exim/exim
4.89 (8 CPE variants)
exim/exim
< 4.87.1
Published
Jun 19, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026