FKIE_CVE-2017-16844

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-11-16 15:29 - Updated: 2025-04-20 01:37
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039844Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3269Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=876511Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00019.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4041Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039844Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3269Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=876511Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00019.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4041Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
procmail procmail 3.22
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