VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2019-16928
CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability41.64%
CISA KEVKnown exploited vulnerability
Published2019-09-27
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Known Exploited Vulnerability
Exim Out-of-bounds Write Vulnerability
Vendor / product: Exim / Exim Internet Mailer
Description
Exim 4.92 through 4.92.2 allows remote code execution, a different vulnerability than CVE-2019-15846. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in string_vformat in string.c involving a long EHLO command.
Weakness classification
- CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Mailing List, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Patch
- cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Release Notes
- cve@mitre.org — Release Notes
- cve@mitre.org — Release Notes
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory