CVE-2017-16844

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 12.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-11-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the loadbuf function in formisc.c in formail in procmail 3.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted e-mail message because of a hardcoded realloc size, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-3618.

Affected products

Procmail: 3.22

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039844
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3269
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=876511
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00019.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4041
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039844
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3269
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=876511
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00019.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4041

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