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CVE-2010-4344
Published: Dec 14, 2010
Modified: Oct 22, 2025
PUBLISHED
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the string_vformat function in string.c in Exim before 4.70 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an SMTP session that includes two MAIL commands in conjunction with a large message containing crafted headers, leading to improper rejection logging.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
SUSE-SA:2010:059
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
[exim-dev] 20101207 Remote root vulnerability in Exim
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=787
x_refsource_CONFIRM
1024858
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
RHSA-2010:0970
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
ADV-2010-3186
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
45308
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
http://atmail.com/blog/2010/atmail-6204-now-available/
x_refsource_CONFIRM
42576
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
42587
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661756
x_refsource_CONFIRM
[exim-dev] 20101210 Re: Remote root vulnerability in Exim
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
40019
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
ADV-2010-3172
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
VU#682457
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_CERT-VN
ADV-2010-3181
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
42586
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
ADV-2010-3317
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
USN-1032-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
69685
vdb-entry
x_refsource_OSVDB
20101213 Exim security issue in historical release
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
ADV-2010-3246
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
ADV-2010-3204
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
http://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/24c929a27415c7cfc7126c47e4cad39acf3efa6b
x_refsource_CONFIRM
DSA-2131
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
ADV-2010-3171
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
42589
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
[oss-security] 20101210 Exim remote root
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
[oss-security] 20210504 21Nails: Multiple vulnerabilities in Exim
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
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