CRITICAL 9.8 Microsoft
CVE-2017-16844
Heap-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.
Microsoft Security Update 2017-Nov: Heap-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.
Affected Products
- azl3 procmail 3.22-53 on Azure Linux 3.0
- cbl2 procmail 3.22-53 on CBL Mariner 2.0
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2017-16844
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16844
This critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8 was published on 2017-11-14 via Microsoft. EPSS score: 12.5% (top 4% of all CVEs by exploitation probability). Affected: azl3 procmail 3.22-53 on Azure Linux 3.0, cbl2 procmail 3.22-53 on CBL Mariner 2.0.
Risk Timeline
CVE Disclosed2017-11-14 · 3253 days ago
Remediation Resources
Official Advisory
msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2017-16844NVD / MITRE
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