CVE-2017-16844

CVE Details

Release Date:

2017-09-22

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the loadbuf function in formisc.c informail 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.

See more information about CVE-2017-16844 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	10	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (procmail)	ELSA-2017-3269	2017-11-28

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