VDB
GHSA-86wj-xg3c-r8gx
GHSA-86wj-xg3c-r8gx
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published October 17, 2022
A vulnerability was found in Exim and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Regex Handler. The manipulation leads to use after free. The name of the patch is 4e9ed49f8f12eb331b29bd5b6dc3693c520fddc2. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-211073 was assigned to this vulnerability.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| wolfi | exim | * |
| chainguard | exim | * |
Timeline
- Oct 17, 2022 CVE Published
- May 1, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3559 advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WFHLZVHNNO2GWYP5EA4TZQZ5O4GVPARR url
- https://vuldb.com/?id.211073 url
- https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2915 url
- https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/4e9ed49f8f12eb331b29bd5b6dc3693c520fddc2 url
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00029.html url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EIH4W5R7SHTUEQFWWKB4TUO5YFZX64KV url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TMQ6OCKPNPBPSD37YR4FOWV2R54M2UEP url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EIH4W5R7SHTUEQFWWKB4TUO5YFZX64KV url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TMQ6OCKPNPBPSD37YR4FOWV2R54M2UEP url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WFHLZVHNNO2GWYP5EA4TZQZ5O4GVPARR url