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CVE-2017-16844

procmail: Heap-based buffer overflow in loadbuf function in formisc.c

Published Modified CWE 119
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, Azure Linux, CBL-Mariner, Photon OS. Rated lower by Red Hat (high), Amazon (high), Oracle (high), Ubuntu (high).

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.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
Azure Linux 3.0procmail0:3.22-53.azl3
CBL-Mariner 2.0procmail0:3.22-53.cm2
Photon OS 1.0procmail3.22-4.ph1
Photon OS 2.0procmail3.22-5.ph2
Photon OS 5.0procmail3.22-6.ph5
amazon linux 1procmail, procmail-debuginfo3.22-25.1.7.amzn1
debian 11procmail3.22-26
debian 12procmail3.22-26
debian 13procmail3.22-26
debian 14procmail3.22-26
debian 7procmail3.22-20+deb7u2
debian 8procmail3.22-24+deb8u1
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SourcePackageFixed in
Azure Linux 3.0procmail0:3.22-53.azl3
CBL-Mariner 2.0procmail0:3.22-53.cm2
Photon OS 1.0procmail3.22-4.ph1
Photon OS 2.0procmail3.22-5.ph2
Photon OS 5.0procmail3.22-6.ph5
amazon linux 1procmail3.22-25.1.7.amzn1
amazon linux 1procmail-debuginfo3.22-25.1.7.amzn1
debian 11procmail3.22-26
debian 12procmail3.22-26
debian 13procmail3.22-26
debian 14procmail3.22-26
debian 7procmail3.22-20+deb7u2
debian 8procmail3.22-24+deb8u1
debian 9procmail3.22-25+deb9u1
echoprocmail3.22-26
Oracle Linux 7procmail3.22-36.el7_4.1
Red Hatprocmailno fix listed
ubuntu 14.04procmail3.22-21ubuntu0.2
ubuntu 14.04-ESMprocmail3.22-21ubuntu0.2
ubuntu 16.04procmail3.22-25ubuntu0.16.04.1
ubuntu 16.04-ESMprocmail3.22-25ubuntu0.16.04.1
ubuntu 17.04procmail3.22-25ubuntu0.17.04.1
ubuntu 17.10procmail3.22-25ubuntu0.17.10.1

References

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