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CVE-2017-16844

Heap-based buffer overflow in the loadbuf function in formisc.c in formail in procmail 3.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted e-mail message because of a hardcoded realloc size, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-3618.

Published

2017-11-16T15:29:00.510

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	procmail	procmail	3.22	Yes

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039844 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3269 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=876511 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00019.html ([email protected])
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4041 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039844 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3269 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=876511 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00019.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4041 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)