{"action":"Upgrade exim to 4.89-r7 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"4.89-r7","introduced":"0"}],"component":"exim","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Alpine","ecosystem_qualifier":"Alpine:v3.19","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["4.89-r7"],"id":"tcs_01M6G9F39176TSZ9N2Z25HM766","modified_at":"2026-11-03T06:30:15.928772273Z","published_at":"2017-11-25T17:29:00.260Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2017-16943","https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-16943"],"severity":{"label":"critical","score":9.8},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"ALPINE-CVE-2017-16943#Alpine:v3.19/exim","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2017-16943"}],"summary":"The receive_msg function in receive.c in the SMTP daemon in Exim 4.88 and 4.89 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via vectors involving BDA"}