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CVE-2022-37452

Publication date 7 August 2022

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Exim before 4.95 has a heap-based buffer overflow for the alias list in host_name_lookup in host.c when sender_host_name is set.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
exim4 22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 4.93-13ubuntu1.6
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.90.1-1ubuntu1.9
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
exim4

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H