fkie_cve-2003-0743
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2003-10-20 04:00
Modified
2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in smtp_in.c for Exim 3 (exim3) before 3.36 and Exim 4 (exim4) before 4.21 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an invalid (1) HELO or (2) EHLO argument with a large number of spaces followed by a NULL character and a newline, which is not properly trimmed before the "(no argument given)" string is appended to the buffer.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| university_of_cambridge | exim | 3.0 | |
| university_of_cambridge | exim | 3.3 | |
| university_of_cambridge | exim | 3.3.1 | |
| university_of_cambridge | exim | 3.3.2 | |
| university_of_cambridge | exim | 3.11 | |
| university_of_cambridge | exim | 3.12 | |
| university_of_cambridge | exim | 3.13 | |
| university_of_cambridge | exim | 3.14 | |
| university_of_cambridge | exim | 3.15 | |
| university_of_cambridge | exim | 3.16 | |
| university_of_cambridge | exim | 3.17 | |
| university_of_cambridge | exim | 3.18 | |
| university_of_cambridge | exim | 3.19 | |
| university_of_cambridge | exim | 3.20 | |
| university_of_cambridge | exim | 3.21 | |
| university_of_cambridge | exim | 3.22 | |
| university_of_cambridge | exim | 3.30 | |
| university_of_cambridge | exim | 3.31 | |
| university_of_cambridge | exim | 3.32 | |
| university_of_cambridge | exim | 3.33 | |
| university_of_cambridge | exim | 3.34 | |
| university_of_cambridge | exim | 3.35 | |
| university_of_cambridge | exim | 3.36 | |
| university_of_cambridge | exim | 4.10 | |
| university_of_cambridge | exim | 4.20 |
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