{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0021","details":"Multiple buffer overflows in Exim before 4.43 may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) an IPv6 address with more than 8 components, as demonstrated using the -be command line option, which triggers an overflow in the host_aton function, or (2) the -bh command line option or dnsdb PTR lookup, which triggers an overflow in the dns_build_reverse function.","modified":"2026-09-08T06:47:30.753137319Z","published":"2005-05-02T04:00:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2005-0021"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0021"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"exim4","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/exim4?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.34-10"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0021.json"}},{"package":{"name":"exim4","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/exim4?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.34-10"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0021.json"}},{"package":{"name":"exim4","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/exim4?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.34-10"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0021.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}