ubuntu-cve-2017-16844
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-11-16 00:00
Modified
2025-07-16 04:53
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
high
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "procmail",
            "binary_version": "3.22-21ubuntu0.2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
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        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/procmail@3.22-21ubuntu0.2?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
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        }
      ],
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        "3.22-21",
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    },
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      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
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          {
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        ]
      },
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      },
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        }
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16844",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:53:08Z",
  "published": "2017-11-16T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16844"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3483-1"
    },
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    },
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  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "high",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2017-16844"
  ]
}



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