ubuntu · CVE-2018-6789

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Priority: medium Published: 2018-02-07 00:00:00 UTC Updated: 2025-08-25 22:58:30 UTC

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Tracker summary

CVE-2018-6789 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (exim4), 4 status rows across 4 suites (artful, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 4.

Description:

An issue was discovered in the base64d function in the SMTP listener in Exim before 4.90.1. By sending a handcrafted message, a buffer overflow may happen. This can be used to execute code remotely.

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