Vulnerability CVE-2017-16844
Published: 2017-11-16

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.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
10/10
10/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Procmail -> Procmail 

 References:
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039844
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3269
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=876511
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00019.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4041
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