CVE-2019-16928
highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.416 · 99 %ileEURUUSadded 2022-03-03remediate by 2022-03-17
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EPSS · scored 2026-10-26
Exim Out-of-bounds Write Vulnerability
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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
ssvc
A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.
weaknesses
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affected products (14)
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also known as (4)
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sources
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references (50)
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/1cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/2cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/3cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/4cnnvd
- https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2449cnnvd
- https://exim.orgPatchcnnvd
- https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/478effbfd9c3cc5a627fc671d4bf94d13670d65fcnnvd
- https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20190927.032457.c1044d4c.en.htmlcnnvd
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