CVE-2017-1000369
Exim supports the use of multiple "-p" command line arguments which are malloc()'ed and never free()'ed, used in conjunction with other issues allows attackers to cause arbitrary code execution.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.52%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Exim supports the use of multiple "-p" command line arguments which are malloc()'ed and never free()'ed, used in conjunction with other issues allows attackers to cause arbitrary code execution. This affects exim version 4.89 and earlier. Please note that at this time upstream has released a patch (commit 65e061b76867a9ea7aeeb535341b790b90ae6c21), but it is not known if a new point release is available that addresses this issue at this time.
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.0 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.52% probability · 44th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-404
- Affected
- exim/exim · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3888Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99252Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038779Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000369Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/Exim/exim/commit/65e061b76867a9ea7aeeb535341b790b90ae6c21Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-19Third Party Advisory
- https://www.qualys.com/2017/06/19/stack-clash/stack-clash.txtThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3888Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99252Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038779Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000369Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/Exim/exim/commit/65e061b76867a9ea7aeeb535341b790b90ae6c21Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-19Third Party Advisory
- https://www.qualys.com/2017/06/19/stack-clash/stack-clash.txtThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.