CVE-2017-1000369Exim supports the use of multiple "-p" command line arguments which are malloc()'ed and never free()'ed, used in conjunction with other…
- 4.0MediumCVSS base score
- 0.52%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 55% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
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Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.52% · top 55% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References7
- https://github.com/Exim/exim/commit/65e061b76867a9ea7aeeb535341b790b90ae6c21 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1038779 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 99252 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000369 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201709-19 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://www.qualys.com/2017/06/19/stack-clash/stack-clash.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- DSA-3888 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2017-1528 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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