CVE-2017-16944 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 63.3% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The receive_msg function in receive.c in the SMTP daemon in Exim 4.88 and 4.89 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and stack exhaustion) via vectors involving BDAT commands and an improper check for a '.' character signifying the end of the content, related to the bdat_getc function.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| EPSS | 63.32% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-835 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2017-11-25 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| exim | exim |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Exim 4.89 - 'BDAT' Denial of Service | 2017-11-27 |
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/25/1
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/25/2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/25/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/04/7
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039873
- https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2201
- https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20171125.034842.d1d75cac.en.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4053
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43184/
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/25/1
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/25/2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/25/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/04/7
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039873
- https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2201
- https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20171125.034842.d1d75cac.en.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4053
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43184/
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