{"action":"Upgrade exim to 4.89.1-r0 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"4.89.1-r0","introduced":"0"}],"component":"exim","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Alpine","ecosystem_qualifier":"Alpine:v3.24","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["4.89.1-r0"],"id":"tcs_01M6G9FZS7YF01P829KAXW4QVW","modified_at":"2026-11-03T06:30:16.026423936Z","published_at":"2017-11-25T17:29:00.307Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2017-16944","https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-16944"],"severity":{"label":"high","score":7.5},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"ALPINE-CVE-2017-16944#Alpine:v3.24/exim","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2017-16944"}],"summary":"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 comm"}