CVE-2011-1764
Format string vulnerability in the dkim_exim_verify_finish function in src/dkim.c in Exim before 4.76 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (daemon crash)
02 Description
Format string vulnerability in the dkim_exim_verify_finish function in src/dkim.c in Exim before 4.76 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (daemon crash)
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.94% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2011-10-05 01:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 22:37Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-04-19
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-134Use of Externally-Controlled Format StringBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 15b2b6697193c24a2bd556a88167f2efefd3190ab487ef763142cee6b6cbdff1
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com51155http://secunia.com/advisories/51155
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2011:009http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-2232http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2232
- git.exim.orghttp://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/337e3505b0e6cd4309db6bf6062b33fa56e06cf8
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702474
- bugs.exim.orghttp://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1106
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=624670
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- exim4 Fixed in 4.75-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- exim4 Fixed in 4.75-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- exim4 Fixed in 4.75-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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