7.5

CVE-2011-1764: exim

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2011-1764DSA-2232-1
Published 05-10-2011Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2011-1764 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in exim. EPSS estimates a 3.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.94%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10017-1

Timeline

  1. 05-10-2011
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Format string vulnerability in the dkim_exim_verify_finish function in src/dkim.c in Exim before 4.76 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via format string specifiers in data used in DKIM logging, as demonstrated by an identity field containing a % (percent) character.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.94%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

90%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.94% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
3.94%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • exim4< 4.72-6+squeeze1 | < 4.75-3
Exim1 product
  • eximEOL≤ 4.75 | 2.10 | 2.11 | 2.12 | 3.00 | 3.01 | 3.02 | 3.03 | 3.10 | 3.11 | 3.12 | 3.13 | 3.14 | 3.15 | 3.16 | 3.20 | 3.21 | 3.22 | 3.30 | 3.31 | 3.32 | 3.33 | 3.34 | 3.35 | 3.36 | 4.00 | 4.01 | 4.02 | 4.03 | 4.04 | 4.05 | 4.10 | 4.11 | 4.12 | 4.14 | 4.20 | 4.21 | 4.22 | 4.23 | 4.24 | 4.30 | 4.31 | 4.32 | 4.33 | 4.34 | 4.40 | 4.41 | 4.42 | 4.43 | 4.44 | 4.50 | 4.51 | 4.52 | 4.53 | 4.54 | 4.60 | 4.61 | 4.62 | 4.63 | 4.64 | 4.65 | 4.66 | 4.67 | 4.68 | 4.69 | 4.70 | 4.71 | 4.72 | 4.73 | 4.74

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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