Vulnerabilites related to heirloom - mailx
CVE-2004-2771 (GCVE-0-2004-2771)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2014-12-24 18:00
Modified
2024-08-08 01:36
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- n/a
Summary
The expand function in fio.c in Heirloom mailx 12.5 and earlier and BSD mailx 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an email address.
References
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Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2014-12-24 18:59
Modified
2025-04-12 10:46
Severity ?
Summary
The expand function in fio.c in Heirloom mailx 12.5 and earlier and BSD mailx 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an email address.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| oracle | linux | 6 | |
| oracle | linux | 7 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 6.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 7.0 | |
| bsd_mailx_project | bsd_mailx | * | |
| heirloom | mailx | * |
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