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CVE-2019-16928

CRITICAL - CVSS 9.8CWE-787
Published: 9/27/2019
Modified: 11/7/2025

Exim 4.92 through 4.92.2 allows remote code execution, a different vulnerability than CVE-2019-15846. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in string_vformat in string.c involving a long EHLO command.

Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v3 Score

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2 Score

7.5

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE Classification