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CVE-2014-3618
Heap-based buffer overflow in formisc.c in formail in procmail 3.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and…
High7.5EPSS 8.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in formisc.c in formail in procmail 3.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted email header, related to "unbalanced quotes."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.9% · top 4.8% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (14)
- SUSE-SU-2014:1137 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 61108 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:1114 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- DSA-3019 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140903 heap overflow in procmail (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2015-09-30-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- USN-2340-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT205267 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:1172 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1172.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 61090 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 69573 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 61076 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- procmail-addresses-bo(95688) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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