CVE-2019-16928

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=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
2026-04-11T12:19:50.914664Z
Severity
  • 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

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.

Database specific 
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        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "19.04"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "10.0"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "29"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "30"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "31"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/exim/exim

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/exim/exim
Events
Introduced
ae63862ba6f6ee0c17ec865cc6cf0eebb3ca2389
Last affected
2600301ba6dbac5c9d640c87007a07ee6dcea1f4
Database specific 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "4.92"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "4.92.2"
        }
    ],
    "source": "CPE_FIELD"
}

Affected versions

exim-4.*
exim-4.92
exim-4.92-RC6
exim-4.92-jgh
exim-4.92.1
exim-4.92.1-RC2
exim-4.92.2
exim-4.92.2-RC1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-16928.json"