CVE-2017-16844
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 12.5% (pctl 96)
Patch early
EPSS 12.5% — above the 10% action threshold.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 12.52% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-11-16 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| procmail | procmail |
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039844
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3269
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=876511
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00019.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4041
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039844
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3269
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=876511
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00019.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4041
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