fkie_cve-2017-16944
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2017-11-25 17:29
Modified
2025-04-20 01:37
Severity ?
Summary
The receive_msg function in receive.c in the SMTP daemon in Exim 4.88 and 4.89 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and stack exhaustion) via vectors involving BDAT commands and an improper check for a '.' character signifying the end of the content, related to the bdat_getc function.
References
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