CVE-2017-16844

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

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

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039844Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3269Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=876511Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00019.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4041Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039844Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3269Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=876511Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00019.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4041Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Nov 16, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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