CVE-2021-33912

CRITICAL

libspf2 < 1.2.11 - Remote Code Execution via SPF DNS Record Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

libspf2 before 1.2.11 has a four-byte heap-based buffer overflow that might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code (via an unauthenticated e-mail message from anywhere on the Internet) with a crafted SPF DNS record, because of incorrect sprintf usage in SPF_record_expand_data in spf_expand.c. The vulnerable code may be part of the supply chain of a site's e-mail infrastructure (e.g., with additional configuration, Exim can use libspf2; the Postfix web site links to unofficial patches for use of libspf2 with Postfix; older versions of spfquery relied on libspf2) but most often is not.

References (4)

Core 4

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0964
EPSS Percentile 94.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux 9.0
libspf2_project/libspf2 < 1.2.11
Published Jan 19, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026