CVE-2004-2771
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 6.9%EU EUVD
The expand function in fio.c in Heirloom mailx 12.5 and earlier and BSD mailx 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an email address.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 6.9% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2004-2761)
- Published
- December 24, 2014
- NVD last modified
- September 23, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2004-2761 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 8, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- bsd mailx project / bsd mailx
- heirloom / mailx
- oracle / linux
- oracle / linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
Certified products that may be affected
25 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Oracle Linux 7 NSS Cryptographic Module - Oracle Corporation - FIPS 140 4586 - historical
- Oracle Linux 7 Libreswan Cryptographic Module - Oracle Corporation - FIPS 140 4266 - historical
- Oracle Linux 7 OpenSSH Client Cryptographic Module - Oracle Corporation - FIPS 140 4206 - historical
- Oracle Linux 7 OpenSSH Server Cryptographic Module - Oracle Corporation - FIPS 140 4176 - historical
- Oracle Linux 7 Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK 6) Cryptographic Module - Oracle Corporation - FIPS 140 4169 - historical
See all 25 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
References
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1999.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1999.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1066
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60940
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61585
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61693
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3105
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=278748(Exploit)
Last updated September 25, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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