CVE-2022-37452
criticalpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.038 · 90 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Exim before 4.95 has a heap-based buffer overflow for the alias list in host_name_lookup in host.c when sender_host_name is set.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (14)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2022-0934Exim: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen nicht spezifizierten AngriffDeutsch2022-08-07csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Exim ausnutzen, um einen nicht näher spezifizierten Angriff durchzuführen.
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references (27)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2022-37452/cnnvd
- https://github.com/Exim/eximPatchcnnvd
- https://github.com/Exim/exim/commit/d4bc023436e4cce7c23c5f8bb5199e178b4cc743cnnvd
- https://github.com/Exim/exim/compare/exim-4.94...exim-4.95cnnvd
- https://github.com/Exim/exim/wiki/EximSecuritycnnvd
- https://github.com/ivd38/exim_overflowcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00014.htmlcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-37452cnnvd
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