Is CVE-2017-1000369 actively exploited?

CVE-2017-1000369 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-20.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2017-1000369?

CVE-2017-1000369 has a CVSS score of 4 (MEDIUM severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

How do I patch CVE-2017-1000369?

Patch guidance is available from exim security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2017-1000369.

CVE-2017-1000369 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2017-1000369?

18 products: exim exim, exim exim, exim exim, exim exim, exim exim, and 13 more.

Description

Exim supports the use of multiple "-p" command line arguments which are malloc()'ed and never free()'ed, used in conjunction with other issues allows attackers to cause arbitrary code execution. This affects exim version 4.89 and earlier. Please note that at this time upstream has released a patch (commit 65e061b76867a9ea7aeeb535341b790b90ae6c21), but it is not known if a new point release is available that addresses this issue at this time.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector: local
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: low
Availability: none
Weaknesses: CWE-404

Metadata

Primary Vendor: EXIM
Published: 6/19/2017
Last Modified: 4/20/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

exim : eximexim : eximexim : eximexim : eximexim : eximexim : eximexim : eximexim : eximexim : eximexim : eximexim : eximexim : eximexim : eximexim : eximexim : eximexim : eximdebian : debian_linuxdebian : debian_linux

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD