{"cve":"CVE-2019-16928","nvd":{"published":"2019-09-27T21:15:10.017","modified":"2026-06-17T02:22:58.967","status":"Analyzed","description":"Exim 4.92 through 4.92.2 allows remote code execution, a different vulnerability than CVE-2019-15846. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in string_vformat in string.c involving a long EHLO command.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":["CWE-787"],"references":["http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/1","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/2","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/3","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/4","https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2449"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","debian:debian_linux","exim:exim","fedoraproject:fedora"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:59:10.855360465+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2019-16928","score":0.41638,"percentile":0.98683,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":{"cve":"CVE-2019-16928","date_added":"2022-03-03","due_date":"2022-03-17","vendor":"Exim","product":"Exim Internet Mailer","known_ransomware":false},"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}