CVE-2022-3559

highpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.050 · 92 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

5.01% (92nd) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

22 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A vulnerability was found in Exim and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Regex Handler. The manipulation leads to use after free. The name of the patch is 4e9ed49f8f12eb331b29bd5b6dc3693c520fddc2. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-211073 was assigned to this vulnerability.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.6–7.5

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.17.5highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.14.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.14.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · cna@vuldb.comexploitability 1.2 · impact 3.4

v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-119USCWE-119USCWE-416USCWE-416US

affected products (22)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Amazon Linux 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:amazon:linux_2:-
Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
Open Source Eximall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:exim:exim:-
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
unspecified exim≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Fedora Project Fedora≤ 35fstec_bduRU
Fedora Project Fedora≤ 36fstec_bduRU
GNU General Public License exim≤ 4.96fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. OpenSUSE Leap≤ 15.4fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise≤ 15 SP4fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. openSUSE Tumbleweedall versionsfstec_bduRU
АО «НППКТ» ОСОН ОСнова Оnyx≤ 2.14fstec_bduRU
ООО «Ред Софт» РЕД ОС≤ 7.3fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition≤ 4.7fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition≤ 1.7fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition≤ 1.6 «Смоленск»fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition для «Эльбрус»≤ 8.1 «Ленинград»fstec_bduRU
ФССП России ОС ТД АИС ФССП России≤ ИК6fstec_bduRU
exim exim< 4.97nvdUScpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora= 35nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2022-1757Exim: Schwachstelle ermöglicht nicht spezifizierten AngriffDeutsch2022-10-17csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Exim ausnutzen, um einen nicht näher spezifizierten Angriff durchzuführen.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-10-17modified 2026-06-17

references (23)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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