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GHSA-mrwv-vp3r-qhjm
GHSA-mrwv-vp3r-qhjm
PUBLISHED
CVSS 8.600000381469727 HIGH
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 24, 2022
Exim 4 before 4.94.2 has Improper Neutralization of Line Delimiters. An authenticated remote SMTP client can insert newline characters into a spool file (which indirectly leads to remote code execution as root) via AUTH= in a MAIL FROM command.
Risk scores
CVSS 4.0
8.600000381469727
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Timeline
- May 24, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory
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