CVE-2003-0743Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in OF Cambridge Exim

2 documents2 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
7.0%
top 8.50%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedOct 20
Latest updateApr 29

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in smtp_in.c for Exim 3 (exim3) before 3.36 and Exim 4 (exim4) before 4.21 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an invalid (1) HELO or (2) EHLO argument with a large number of spaces followed by a NULL character and a newline, which is not properly trimmed before the "(no argument given)" string is appended to the buffer.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages1 packages

NVDuniversity_of_cambridge/exim25 versions+24

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-gjpp-m73q-mp4j: Heap-based buffer overflow in smtp_in2022-04-29