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CVE-2014-2972

MEDExim
score
<0.1
cvss
4.6
epss
0.5%
published
2014-09-04
kev added
—
first seen

Exim before 4.83 contains a privilege escalation and remote code execution vulnerability caused by double expansion of mathematical comparisons in expand.c, letting local attackers execute arbitrary commands, exploit requires crafted lookup value.

Timeline

How this CVE moved toward exploitation. Chart: last 30 days — trend score, EPSS, community mentions per day; hover the event lane.

events2014-09-04 — PublishedP2026-10-21 — Tracked by OnyxTscore2026-10-21: score <0.1<0.1epss2026-09-22: epss 0.5%2026-09-23: epss 0.5%2026-09-24: epss 0.5%2026-09-25: epss 0.5%2026-09-26: epss 0.5%2026-09-27: epss 0.5%2026-09-28: epss 0.5%2026-09-29: epss 0.5%2026-09-30: epss 0.5%2026-10-01: epss 0.5%2026-10-02: epss 0.5%2026-10-03: epss 0.5%2026-10-04: epss 0.5%2026-10-05: epss 0.5%2026-10-06: epss 0.5%2026-10-07: epss 0.5%2026-10-08: epss 0.5%2026-10-09: epss 0.5%2026-10-10: epss 0.5%2026-10-11: epss 0.5%2026-10-12: epss 0.5%2026-10-13: epss 0.5%2026-10-14: epss 0.5%2026-10-15: epss 0.5%2026-10-16: epss 0.5%2026-10-18: epss 0.5%2026-10-19: epss 0.5%2026-10-20: epss 0.5%2026-10-21: epss 0.5%0.5%mentions/day0no mentions in 30 days2026-09-22today
  1. Published
  2. Tracked by Onyx

Weaknesses

CWE-189

References 8