CVE-2024-39929
Estado: AnalizadaMedia (5.4)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Puntuación base: 5.4
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 41%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 99
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-116
Referencias
- https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3099#c4
- https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/1b3209b0577a9327ebb076f3b32b8a159c253f7b
- https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/6ce5c70cff8989418e05d01fd2a57703007a6357
- https://github.com/Exim/exim/compare/exim-4.98-RC2...exim-4.98-RC3
- https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2231.txt
- https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3099#c4
- https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/1b3209b0577a9327ebb076f3b32b8a159c253f7b
- https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/6ce5c70cff8989418e05d01fd2a57703007a6357
- https://github.com/Exim/exim/compare/exim-4.98-RC2...exim-4.98-RC3
- https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2231.txt
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