CVE-2021-33912
CRITICALlibspf2 < 1.2.11 - Remote Code Execution via SPF DNS Record Buffer Overflow
Title source: llmDescription
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
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00015.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-22
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/shevek/libspf2/tree/8131fe140704eaae695e76b5cd09e39bd1dd220b
Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://nathanielbennett.com/blog/libspf2-cve-jan-2022-disclosure
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