Vulnerability Details : CVE-2017-16944
The receive_msg function in receive.c in the SMTP daemon in Exim 4.88 and 4.89 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and stack exhaustion) via vectors involving BDAT commands and an improper check for a '.' character signifying the end of the content, related to the bdat_getc function.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Threat overview for CVE-2017-16944
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Top open port discovered on systems with this issue
80
IPs affected by CVE-2017-16944 8,047
Threat actors abusing to this issue?
Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-16944
85.06%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 98 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less