CVE-2017-16844

N/A
Published: November 16, 2017 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:10 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorProcmail

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 12%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (5)

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039844
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3269
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=876511
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4041

CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119

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