ALPINE-CVE-2019-16928

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Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-16928
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-16928.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2019-16928
Upstream
Published
2019-09-27T21:15:10Z
Modified
2026-11-03T06:31:52Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Exim 4.92 through 4.92.2 allows remote code execution, a different vulnerability than CVE-2019-15846. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in string_vformat in string.c involving a long EHLO command.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.10
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.92
Fixed
4.92.2-r1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-16928.json"
Alpine:v3.11
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.92
Fixed
4.92.2-r1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-16928.json"
Alpine:v3.12
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.92
Fixed
4.92.2-r1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-16928.json"
Alpine:v3.13
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.92
Fixed
4.92.2-r1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-16928.json"
Alpine:v3.14
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.92
Fixed
4.92.2-r1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-16928.json"
Alpine:v3.15
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.92
Fixed
4.92.2-r1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-16928.json"
Alpine:v3.16
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.92
Fixed
4.92.2-r1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-16928.json"
Alpine:v3.17
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.92
Fixed
4.92.2-r1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-16928.json"
Alpine:v3.18
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.92
Fixed
4.92.2-r1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-16928.json"
Alpine:v3.19
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.92
Fixed
4.92.2-r1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-16928.json"
Alpine:v3.20
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.92
Fixed
4.92.2-r1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-16928.json"
Alpine:v3.21
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.92
Fixed
4.92.2-r1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-16928.json"
Alpine:v3.22
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.92
Fixed
4.92.2-r1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-16928.json"
Alpine:v3.23
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.92
Fixed
4.92.2-r1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-16928.json"
Alpine:v3.24
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.92
Fixed
4.92.2-r1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-16928.json"
Alpine:v3.9
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.92
Fixed
4.92.3-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-16928.json"