CVE-2022-3559
Exim Regex use after free
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.6 Medium
- Published
- Oct 17, 2022
- Updated
- Nov 3, 2025
- Reserved
- Oct 17, 2022
Description
A vulnerability was found in Exim and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Regex Handler. The manipulation leads to use after free. The name of the patch is 4e9ed49f8f12eb331b29bd5b6dc3693c520fddc2. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-211073 was assigned to this vulnerability.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 4.6 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L | VulDB |
Weaknesses
- CWE-119 Memory Corruption -> CWE-416 Use After Free
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Eximunspecified |
|
References
- https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/4e9ed49f8f12eb331b29bd5b6dc3693c520fddc2
- https://vuldb.com/?id.211073
- https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2915
- FEDORA-2022-6125582f45vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2022-ebb3db782cvendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2022-90e08c08e6vendor-advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00029.html
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