usn-4124-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2019-09-06 12:54
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
exim4 vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that Exim incorrectly handled certain decoding operations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands.

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  "id": "USN-4124-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:37Z",
  "published": "2019-09-06T12:54:40Z",
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