Overview
- Description
- The receive_msg 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 bdat_getc function.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.5
- Impact score
- 3.6
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Severity
- HIGH
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 5
- Impact score
- 2.9
- Exploitability score
- 10
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-835
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
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},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.89:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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"matchCriteriaId": "49F1EE32-946A-4C57-B672-0127E012FC8D"
}
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"operator": "OR"
}
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"operator": "OR"
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