CVE-2019-15846

critical
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
9.5

Description

Exim before 4.92.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as root via a trailing backslash.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-15846

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201909-3

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed4.92.2-1
debian debianbookwormfixed4.92.1-3
debian debianbullseyefixed4.92.1-3
debian debianforkyfixed4.92.1-3
debian debiansidfixed4.92.1-3
debian debiantrixiefixed4.92.1-3

References

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