CVE-2017-16944
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16944
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-16944.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-16944
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-11-25T17:29:00.307Z
- Modified
- 2026-07-08T05:49:52.093477239Z
- Severity
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- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The receivemsg function in receive.c in the SMTP daemon in Exim 4.88 and 4.89 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and stack exhaustion) via vectors involving BDAT commands and an improper check for a '.' character signifying the end of the content, related to the bdatgetc function.
- Database specific
{ "unresolved_ranges": [ { "cpes": [ "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" ], "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "9.0" }, { "last_affected": "9.0" } ], "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux", "source": "CPE_STRING" } ] }- References
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/04/7
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039873
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4053
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43184/
- https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2201
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/25/1
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/25/2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/25/3
- https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20171125.034842.d1d75cac.en.html
Affected packages
Git / github.com/exim/exim
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/exim/exim
- Events
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IntroducedLast affected
- Database specific
{ "cpe": [ "cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.88:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.89:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" ], "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "4.88" }, { "last_affected": "4.88" }, { "introduced": "4.89" }, { "last_affected": "4.89" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING" }