CVE-2017-16844

Summary

CVECVE-2017-16844
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-11-16 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-02-04 02:29:00 UTC
DescriptionHeap-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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Procmail Procmail 3.22 All All All
Application Procmail Procmail 3.22 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
#876511 - formail: CVE-2017-16844: heap-based buffer overflow in loadbuf() - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Procmail Buffer Overflow in formail loadbuf() Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4041-1 procmail DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1173-1] procmail security update MLIST lists.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 378278 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for procmail (VZLSA-2017:3269)
  • 901165 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for procmail (7332-1)
  • 901554 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for procmail (6803-1)
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