CVE-2018-6789
high
KEV
CVSS v3
—
CVSS v2
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VIR risk
9.5
Description
Exim contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the base64d function part of the SMTP listener that may allow for remote code execution.
CISA KEV
- Vendor
- Exim
- Product
- Exim
- Due date
- 2022-05-03
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
99%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: cisa-kev — https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6789
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-6789
Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201802-6
Exploits
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 4.90.1-1 | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.90.1-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.90.1-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.90.1-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.90.1-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.90.1-1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.