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CVE-2014-2972

Date: September 4, 2014

expand.c in Exim before 4.83 expands mathematical comparisons twice, which allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary commands via a crafted lookup value.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.9

Related Resources (13)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2972

Url: http://git.exim.org/exim.git/commitdiff/7685ce68148a083d7759e78d01aa5198fc099c44

Url: https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20140722.152452.d6c019e8.en.html

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2972

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-2972

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1122552

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2933-1

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2972

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136264.html

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-12

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136251.html

Url: https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20140722.145949.42c043f5.en.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-2972

Severity Score

5.9

Weakness Type (CWE)

Numeric Errors

CWE-189

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.9
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.6
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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