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The expand function in fio.c in Heirloom mailx 12.5 and...

High severity Unreviewed Published Apr 29, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 10, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

The expand function in fio.c in Heirloom mailx 12.5 and earlier and BSD mailx 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an email address.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 24, 2014
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 29, 2022
Last updated Feb 10, 2023

Severity

High

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(87th percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2004-2771

GHSA ID

GHSA-3f68-9fxg-g2j6

Source code

No known source code

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