{"id":"CVE-2019-13917","details":"Exim 4.85 through 4.92 (fixed in 4.92.1) allows remote code execution as root in some unusual configurations that use the ${sort } expansion for items that can be controlled by an attacker (e.g., $local_part or $domain).","modified":"2026-04-10T04:12:17.588014Z","published":"2019-07-25T20:15:11.810Z","related":["openSUSE-SU-2021:0753-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:10746-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/26/5"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/51"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-06"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4488"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2019-13917.txt"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/exim/exim","events":[{"introduced":"7fcd7cd65f514c57b0670633c4d8d9583294f6a9"},{"last_affected":"ae63862ba6f6ee0c17ec865cc6cf0eebb3ca2389"}],"database_specific":{"versions":[{"introduced":"4.85"},{"last_affected":"4.92"}]}}],"versions":["exim-4.90devstart","exim-4.92","exim-4.92-RC1","exim-4.92-RC2","exim-4.92-RC3","exim-4.92-RC4","exim-4.92-RC5","exim-4.92-RC6","exim-4.92-jgh","exim-4_85","exim-4_86","exim-4_86_RC1","exim-4_86_RC2","exim-4_86_RC3","exim-4_86_RC4","exim-4_86_RC5","exim-4_87","exim-4_87_RC1","exim-4_87_RC2","exim-4_87_RC3","exim-4_87_RC4","exim-4_87_RC5","exim-4_87_RC6","exim-4_87_RC7","exim-4_88","exim-4_88_RC1","exim-4_88_RC2","exim-4_88_RC3","exim-4_88_RC4","exim-4_88_RC5","exim-4_88_RC6","exim-4_89_RC1","exim-4_89_RC3","exim-4_90","exim-4_90_RC1","exim-4_90_RC2","exim-4_90_RC3","exim-4_90_RC4","exim-4_91","exim-4_91_RC1","exim-4_91_RC2","exim-4_91_RC3","exim-4_91_RC4"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-13917.json","unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"9.0"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"10.0"}]}]}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}