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CVE-2022-3559

A vulnerability was found in Exim and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the compo

A vulnerability was found in Exim and classified as problematic. 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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.00467
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-416Use After Free
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Affected Products & Versions

2
exim< 4.97
fedoraproject fedoraall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

4.6
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · cna@vuldb.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD17 Oct 2022 · 06:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
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Vendor Advisories

5
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:12422-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:0007-1
usnUSN-5741-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2022:10191-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2022:10168-1
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References & Sources

7
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2915PatchVendor Advisory
https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/4e9ed49f8f12eb331b29bd5b6dc3693c520fddc2PatchVendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EIH4W5R7SHTUEQFWWKB4TUO5YFZX64KV/Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TMQ6OCKPNPBPSD37YR4FOWV2R54M2UEP/Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WFHLZVHNNO2GWYP5EA4TZQZ5O4GVPARR/Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?id.211073Third Party Advisory
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