debian · CVE-2017-16844

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Priority: not yet assigned Published: Updated: Fri, 19 Jun 2026 23:59:31 GMT

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CVE-2017-16844 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (procmail), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

Description:

Heap-based buffer overflow in the loadbuf function in formisc.c in formail in procmail 3.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted e-mail message because of a hardcoded realloc size, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-3618.

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