onyx --cves cve-2019-16928
CVE-2019-16928
- score
- <0.1
- cvss
- 9.8
- epss
- 41.6%
- published
- 2019-09-27
- kev added
- 2022-03-03
- first seen
Exim 4.92 through 4.92.2 contains a remote code execution caused by a heap-based buffer overflow in string_vformat in string.c involving a long EHLO command, letting remote attackers execute arbitrary code, exploit requires sending a specially crafted EHLO command.
Timeline
How this CVE moved toward exploitation. Chart: last 30 days — trend score, EPSS, community mentions per day; hover the event lane.
- Published
- Added to CISA KEV
- Tracked by Onyx
- Public PoC
Exploit availability
Public PoC flagged by vulnx; no direct exploit link among the citations.
Weaknesses
References 16
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16928
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T3TJW4HPYH3O5HZCWGD6NSHTEBTTAPDC/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/3
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/60
- 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/UY6HPRW7MR3KBQ5JFHH6OXM7YCZBJCOB/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/2
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-47
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4536
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-16928
- https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2449
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/4
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4141-1/
- https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/478effbfd9c3cc5a627fc671d4bf94d13670d65f
- https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20190927.032457.c1044d4c.en.html