CVE-2003-0743 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2003-0743

Heap-based buffer overflow in smtp_in.c for Exim 3 (exim3) before...

Vulnerability Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in smtp_in.c for Exim 3 (exim3) before 3.36 and Exim 4 (exim4) before 4.21 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an invalid (1) HELO or (2) EHLO argument with a large number of spaces followed by a NULL character and a newline, which is not properly trimmed before the "(no argument given)" string is appended to the buffer.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

university of cambridge

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Affected Software

exim
Vulnerable Versions:
3.0, 3.3, 3.3.1, 3.3.2, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14, 3.15, 3.16, 3.17, 3.18, 3.19, 3.20, 3.21, 3.22, 3.30, 3.31, 3.32, 3.33, 3.34, 3.35, 3.36, 4.10, 4.20

Timeline

Official Publish: September 6th, 2003
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.