CVE-2014-2972
expand.c in Exim before 4.83 expands mathematical comparisons twice, which allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary commands via a crafted lookup value.
02 Description
expand.c in Exim before 4.83 expands mathematical comparisons twice, which allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary commands via a crafted lookup value.
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
- 0.48% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 41.6% 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 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. 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
- 2014-09-04 17:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 10:28Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-04-21
- Assigning CNA
- certcc
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 9c447fb479942427bccd47317a3cb5abef167a035a414e741ada818dc582d5d2
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-8865http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136264.html
- git.exim.orghttp://git.exim.org/exim.git/commitdiff/7685ce68148a083d7759e78d01aa5198fc099c44
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-8803http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136251.html
- lists.exim.org[exim] 20140722 [exim] Exim 4.83 Releasedhttps://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20140722.145949.42c043f5.en.html
- lists.exim.org[exim] 20140722 [exim] Exim Security Advisory CVE-2014-2972https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20140722.152452.d6c019e8.en.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201607-12https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-12
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2933-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2933-1
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1122552
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- exim4 Fixed in 4.82.1-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- exim4 Fixed in 4.82.1-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- exim4 Fixed in 4.82.1-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- exim4 Fixed in 4.82-3ubuntu2.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.