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CVE-2010-4344

CRITICAL9.8
CISA KEV

Published 2010-12-14 · Updated 2026-06-16 · Source secalert@redhat.com

Summary

CVE-2010-4344 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in Exim Exim. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on March 25, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by April 15, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Exim has 5 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 1 of them linked to ransomware.

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Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the string_vformat function in string.c in Exim before 4.70 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an SMTP session that includes two MAIL commands in conjunction with a large message containing crafted headers, leading to improper rejection logging.

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-787CWE-787

CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability

Product: Exim — Exim

Name: Exim Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Date added: 2022-03-25 · Due: 2022-04-15

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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