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    CVE-2017-16944

    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.

    Published:Nov 24, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Nov 25, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.77182
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Exim
    Product
    Exim

    Exploits

    https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2201https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2201https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43184

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    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/

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High