ghsa-xg2f-gj2p-r7xq
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-24 16:57
Modified
2025-10-22 00:31
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2019-16928"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-120",
      "CWE-787"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2019-09-27T21:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-xg2f-gj2p-r7xq",
  "modified": "2025-10-22T00:31:43Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T16:57:08Z",
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      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4141-1"
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      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4536"
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}


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