CVE-2017-16844

CRITICAL

procmail 3.22 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow in loadbuf Function

Title source: llm

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the loadbuf function in formisc.c in formail in procmail 3.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted e-mail message because of a hardcoded realloc size, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-3618.

References (5)

Core 5

Core References

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00019.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3269

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=876511

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4041

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039844

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.1252

EPSS Percentile 95.7%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-119

Status published

Products (1)

procmail/procmail 3.22

Published Nov 16, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026