CVE-2014-3618
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · Memory corruption
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in formisc.c in formail in procmail 3.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted email header, related to "unbalanced quotes."
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)9%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1172.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00022.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1172.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61076
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61090
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61108