Exim Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Exim. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the smtp service, which listens on TCP port 25 by default. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a memory corruption condition. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-17554.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: zdi

Published: 2024-05-03T02:13:25.385Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T19:16:50.392Z

Reserved: 2023-09-06T21:14:24.436Z

Link: CVE-2023-42117

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-05-03T16:59:15.579Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-05-03T03:15:50.463

Modified: 2024-05-03T12:49:24.027

Link: CVE-2023-42117

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2023-09-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-42117 - Bugzilla