CVE catalog
CVE-2017-16844
procmail: CVE-2017-16844
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 12.20% · Oct 25, 2026
Heap-based buffer overflow in the loadbuf function in formisc.c in formail in procmail 3.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted e-mail message because of a hardcoded realloc size, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-3618.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | procmail | sid | 3.24+really3.22-6 | fixed |
| Debian | procmail | forky | 3.24+really3.22-6 | fixed |
| Debian | procmail | trixie | 3.24+really3.22-4 | fixed |
| Debian | procmail | bookworm | 3.22-27 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | procmail | 14.04 | 3.22-20 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | procmail | 14.04 | 3.22-21 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | procmail | 14.04 | 3.22-21ubuntu0.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | procmail | 14.04 | 3.22-21ubuntu0.2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | procmail | 16.04 | 3.22-25 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | procmail | 16.04 | 3.22-25ubuntu0.16.04.1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | procmail | tumbleweed | 3.22-277.3 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | procmail | 14.04 | 3.22-20 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | procmail | 14.04 | 3.22-21 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | procmail | 14.04 | 3.22-21ubuntu0.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | procmail | 14.04 | 3.22-21ubuntu0.2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | procmail | 16.04 | 3.22-25 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | procmail | 16.04 | 3.22-25ubuntu0.16.04.1 | fixed |
| Suse | procmail | linux enterprise server 11 sp4 | 3.22-240.8.3.1 | fixed |
| Suse | procmail | linux enterprise server for sap applications 11 sp4 | 3.22-240.8.3.1 | fixed |
| Suse | procmail | linux enterprise desktop 12 sp2 | 3.22-269.3.5 | fixed |
| Suse | procmail | linux enterprise desktop 12 sp3 | 3.22-269.3.5 | fixed |
| Suse | procmail | linux enterprise server for raspberry pi 12 sp2 | 3.22-269.3.5 | fixed |
| Suse | procmail | linux enterprise server 12 sp2 | 3.22-269.3.5 | fixed |
| Suse | procmail | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp2 | 3.22-269.3.5 | fixed |
| Suse | procmail | linux enterprise server 12 sp3 | 3.22-269.3.5 | fixed |
| Suse | procmail | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp3 | 3.22-269.3.5 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | procmail | source | sid | 3.22-26 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [876511] |
| Debian | procmail | source | forky | 3.22-26 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [876511] |
| Debian | procmail | source | trixie | 3.22-26 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [876511] |
| Debian | procmail | source | bookworm | 3.22-26 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [876511] |
| Ubuntu | procmail | deb | 14.04 | 3.22-21ubuntu0.2 | Not reported | USN-3483-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | procmail | deb | 16.04 | 3.22-25ubuntu0.16.04.1 | Not reported | USN-3483-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | procmail | rpm | tumbleweed | 3.22-277.3 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11194-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | procmail | deb | 14.04 | 3.22-21ubuntu0.2 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16844 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | procmail | deb | 16.04 | 3.22-25ubuntu0.16.04.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16844 | Not reported |
| Suse | procmail | rpm | linux enterprise server 11 sp4 | 3.22-240.8.3.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2017:3231-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | procmail | rpm | linux enterprise server for sap applications 11 sp4 | 3.22-240.8.3.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2017:3231-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | procmail | rpm | linux enterprise desktop 12 sp2 | 3.22-269.3.5 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2018:0173-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | procmail | rpm | linux enterprise desktop 12 sp3 | 3.22-269.3.5 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2018:0173-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | procmail | rpm | linux enterprise server for raspberry pi 12 sp2 | 3.22-269.3.5 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2018:0173-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | procmail | rpm | linux enterprise server 12 sp2 | 3.22-269.3.5 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2018:0173-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | procmail | rpm | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp2 | 3.22-269.3.5 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2018:0173-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | procmail | rpm | linux enterprise server 12 sp3 | 3.22-269.3.5 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2018:0173-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | procmail | rpm | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp3 | 3.22-269.3.5 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2018:0173-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [procmail]Fixed
Details (2)
3.22-27· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
3.22-26dsa · procmail · debian · bookworm; dsa · procmail · debian · 12
3.22-27· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
3.22-26dsa · procmail · debian · bookworm; dsa · procmail · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [procmail]Fixed
Details (2)
3.24+really3.22-4· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
3.22-26dsa · procmail · debian · 13
3.24+really3.22-4· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
3.22-26dsa · procmail · debian · 13
[openSUSE Tumbleweed]
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2017_3269.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16844]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-1173-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4041-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:3231-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:0173-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16844]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3483-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11194-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16844]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2017/cve-2017-16844.json]
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