CVE-2014-3618

high

Published 2014-09-08 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

Description

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."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
ubuntu	10.04	affected
ubuntu	12.04	affected
ubuntu	14.04	affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`3.22-22`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`3.22-22`
debian	forky	fixed	`3.22-22`
debian	sid	fixed	`3.22-22`
debian	trixie	fixed	`3.22-22`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
procmail	procmail	`3.22`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.