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Vulnerability details: VCID-dsmk-ecjm-aaac
Vulnerability ID VCID-dsmk-ecjm-aaac
Aliases CVE-2012-5671
Summary Heap-based buffer overflow in the dkim_exim_query_dns_txt function in dkim.c in Exim 4.70 through 4.80, when DKIM support is enabled and acl_smtp_connect and acl_smtp_rcpt are not set to "warn control = dkim_disable_verify," allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an email from a malicious DNS server.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
System Score Found at
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rhbs urgent https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=869953
cvssv2 6.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5671
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091664.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090900.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090963.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00018.html
http://osvdb.org/86616
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2012-5671.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5671
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5671
http://secunia.com/advisories/51098
http://secunia.com/advisories/51115
http://secunia.com/advisories/51153
http://secunia.com/advisories/51155
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79615
https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20121026.080330.74b9147b.en.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2566
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/26/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56285
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1618-1
869953 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=869953
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CVE-2012-5671 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5671
GLSA-201401-32 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201401-32
USN-1618-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/1618-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5671
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
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.96748
EPSS Score 0.35729
Published At March 28, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
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