CVE-2017-1000369

MEDIUM

Exim <4.89 - RCE

Title source: llm

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 4.0
EPSS 0.0031
EPSS Percentile 53.9%
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 (19)
exim/exim < 4.87.1
exim/exim
exim/exim
exim/exim
exim/exim
exim/exim
exim/exim
exim/exim
exim/exim
exim/exim
... and 9 more
Published Jun 19, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026