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Vulnerability details: VCID-97g7-zfqp-aaag
Vulnerability ID VCID-97g7-zfqp-aaag
Aliases CVE-2017-1000369
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-404 Improper Resource Shutdown or Release
System Score Found at
generic_textual Medium http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-1000369.html
cvssv3 2.9 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-1000369.json
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rhbs low https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1457748
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-1000369
cvssv2 2.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000369
cvssv3 4.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000369
cvssv3.1 4.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000369
archlinux Critical https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-518
generic_textual Medium https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3322-1
generic_textual High https://www.qualys.com/2017/06/19/stack-clash/stack-clash.txt
Reference id Reference type URL
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-1000369.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-1000369.json
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000369
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000369
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-1000369
https://github.com/Exim/exim/commit/65e061b76867a9ea7aeeb535341b790b90ae6c21
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-19
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3322-1
https://www.qualys.com/2017/06/19/stack-clash/stack-clash.txt
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3888
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99252
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038779
1457748 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1457748
ASA-201711-32 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201711-32
AVG-518 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-518
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CVE-2017-1000369 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000369
USN-3322-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3322-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-1000369.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000369
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000369
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000369
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.43725
EPSS Score 0.0021
Published At June 25, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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