CVE-2019-16928
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16928
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-16928.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2019-16928
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2019-09-27T21:15:10.017Z
- Modified
- 2025-11-14T09:22:41.862259Z
- Severity
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- 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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Exim 4.92 through 4.92.2 allows remote code execution, a different vulnerability than CVE-2019-15846. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in string_vformat in string.c involving a long EHLO command.
- References
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/1
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-16928
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/4
- https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2449
- https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20190927.032457.c1044d4c.en.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EED7HM3MFIBAP5OIMJAFJ35JAJABTVSC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T3TJW4HPYH3O5HZCWGD6NSHTEBTTAPDC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UY6HPRW7MR3KBQ5JFHH6OXM7YCZBJCOB/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/60
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-47
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4141-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4536
- https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/478effbfd9c3cc5a627fc671d4bf94d13670d65f