CVE-2017-16943

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16943
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-16943.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-16943
Downstream
Related
Published
2017-11-25T17:29:00.260Z
Modified
2026-07-08T05:49:52.011251667Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The receive_msg function in receive.c in the SMTP daemon in Exim 4.88 and 4.89 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via vectors involving BDAT commands.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "9.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "9.0"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/exim/exim

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/exim/exim
Events
Introduced
57091745e6d5ce4259c645b3ac63838668d55b7f
Last affected
38903fb5b864ee99904d035337c66891604d9678
Database specific 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "4.88-NA"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "4.88-NA"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "4.89-NA"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "4.89-NA"
        }
    ],
    "cpe": [
        "cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.88:-:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.89:-:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "source": "CPE_STRING"
}

Affected versions

4.*
4.88-NA
4.89-NA
Other
exim-4_88
exim-4_89
exim-4_89_RC1
exim-4_89_RC3
exim-4_89_RC4
exim-4_89_RC5
exim-4_89_RC6
exim-4_89_RC7

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-16943.json"