CVE-2017-1000369

MediumCVSS 4.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Exim supports the use of multiple "-p" command line arguments which are malloc()'ed and never free()'ed, used in conjunction with other issues allows attackers to cause arbitrary code execution. This affects exim version 4.89 and earlier. Please note that at this time upstream has released a patch (commit 65e061b76867a9ea7aeeb535341b790b90ae6c21), but it is not known if a new point release is available that addresses this issue at this time.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 4.0/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-404

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3888Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99252Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038779Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000369Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/Exim/exim/commit/65e061b76867a9ea7aeeb535341b790b90ae6c21Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-19Third Party Advisory
https://www.qualys.com/2017/06/19/stack-clash/stack-clash.txtThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3888Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99252Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038779Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000369Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/Exim/exim/commit/65e061b76867a9ea7aeeb535341b790b90ae6c21Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-19Third Party Advisory
https://www.qualys.com/2017/06/19/stack-clash/stack-clash.txtThird Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jun 19, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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