CVE-2017-1000369

MEDIUM

Exim <= 4.89 - Use-After-Free via Multiple -p Command Line Arguments

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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
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 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