cve-2019-16928
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-09-27 20:07
Modified
2024-08-05 01:24
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
Exim 4.92 through 4.92.2 allows remote code execution, a different vulnerability than CVE-2019-15846. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in string_vformat in string.c involving a long EHLO command.
References
CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
Date added: 2022-03-03
Due date: 2022-03-17
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Used in ransomware: Unknown
Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16928
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