CVE-2022-37452

Summary

CVECVE-2022-37452
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-08-07 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-10-28 12:52:00 UTC
DescriptionExim before 4.95 has a heap-based buffer overflow for the alias list in host_name_lookup in host.c when sender_host_name is set.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Application Exim Exim All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Index of /static/doc/security/ MISC www.exim.org
Comparing exim-4.94...exim-4.95 · Exim/exim · GitHub MISC github.com
Fix host_name_lookup (Close 2747) · Exim/exim@d4bc023 · GitHub MISC github.com
EximSecurity · Exim/exim Wiki · GitHub MISC github.com
GitHub - ivd38/exim_overflow: Exim heap overflow in host_name_lookup() MISC github.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 3082-1] exim4 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
oss-security - Exim < 4.95 heap overflow MISC www.openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 180921 Debian Security Update for exim4 (CVE-2022-37452)
  • 180971 Debian Security Update for exim4 (DLA 3082-1)
  • 198906 Ubuntu Security Notification for Exim Vulnerability (USN-5574-1)
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