CVE-2024-39929 (GCVE-0-2024-39929)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-04 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-18 15:37
VLAI?
Summary
Exim through 4.97.1 misparses a multiline RFC 2231 header filename, and thus remote attackers can bypass a $mime_filename extension-blocking protection mechanism, and potentially deliver executable attachments to the mailboxes of end users.
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
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