{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-42117 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2023-42117 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Exim Exim, published on 3 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-42117 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-42117 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Exim Exim, published on 3 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-42117 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Exim Exim. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-42117/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-42117/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-42117","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-42117/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-42117","record":{"aliases":["CLEANSTART-2025-VV41786","CLSA-2023-1700160152","CLSA-2023-1701285323","CLSA-2023-1701285908","DEBIAN-CVE-2023-42117","GHSA-qf54-2qx8-3vcv","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-42117","USN-6455-2"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Exim mail server","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code on Exim mail servers without authentication due to improper neutralization of special elements in the SMTP service.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"memory_corruption"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"zdi","cpe":[{"product":"exim","vendor":"exim"}],"cvss":{"score":8.1,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-138","name":"Improper Neutralization of Special Elements"}],"description":"Exim Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Exim. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.\n\nThe specific flaw exists within the smtp service, which listens on TCP port 25 by default. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a memory corruption condition. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-17554.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Exim Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2023-42117","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"exim:exim","products":["exim:exim"],"type":"memory_corruption","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Exim libspf2 Integer Underflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2023-42118"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Exim SMTP Challenge Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2023-42116"},"products":["Exim"],"published":"2024-05-03","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Use after free in Exim","id":"CVE-2026-45185","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-05-12"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Exim AUTH Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2023-42115","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-05-03"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Integer overflow in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-28017","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-05-06"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Use after free in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-28018","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-05-06"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Integer overflow in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-28020","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-05-06"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-28022","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-05-06"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-28024","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-05-06"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-11-03","vendors":["Exim"]},"summary":"Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code on Exim mail servers without authentication due to improper neutralization of special elements in the SMTP service.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-42117/"}