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EUVD-2026-256525
European Vulnerability Database identifier assigned by ENISAReserved
2026-10-02 06:58
Assigner
ENISA
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This identifier carries no description, severity or references of its own:
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CVE-2010-4344 (GCVE-0-2010-4344)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-12-14 15:00 – Updated: 2025-10-22 00:05
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in the string_vformat function in string.c in Exim before 4.70 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an SMTP session that includes two MAIL commands in conjunction with a large message containing crafted headers, leading to improper rejection logging.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: active
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-07 13:23 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write
Assigner
References
34 references
Date Public
2010-12-07 00:00
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