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Vulnerability · CVE-2001-0690

university_of_cambridge Exim Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Published Jun 20, 2017 · catalog updated Jun 20, 2017 · Exim

Patch now

CVE-2001-0690 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Exim against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
11.89%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor university_of_cambridge Exim

Format string vulnerability in exim (3.22-10 in Red Hat, 3.12 in Debian and 3.16 in Conectiva) in batched SMTP mode allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via format strings in SMTP mail headers.

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  • vendor university_of_cambridge Eximversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2001-0690

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2001-0690 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Exim against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 11.89%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jun 20, 2017 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    Format string vulnerability in exim (3.22-10 in Red Hat, 3.12 in Debian and 3.16 in Conectiva) in batched SMTP mode allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via format strings in SMTP mail headers.

  2. Jun 20, 2017 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2001-0690

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2001-0690

    30-day exploitation probability 11.9%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2001-0690

    Format string vulnerability in exim (3.22-10 in Red Hat, 3.12 in Debian and 3.16 in Conectiva) in batched SMTP mode allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via format strings in SMTP mail headers.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.