CVE-2017-16844

CVSS V2 High 10 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-16844
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-11-16T15:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-02-04T02:29:15
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:procmail:procmail:3.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 10
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=876511 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4041 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039844 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3269 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00019.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16844
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16844
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:49:06 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 23:06:53 2017-11-16T15:29Z 2017-11-16T15:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 23:06:53 2018-02-04T02:29:15 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 23:06:53 Modified Vulnerability Status updated