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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 20, 2001· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2001-0690

CVE-2001-0690

Description

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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Affected products

5
  • Exim/Exim2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:university_of_cambridge:exim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:university_of_cambridge:exim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=3.22
    • (no CPE)
  • Conectiva/Linux
    cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Debian/linux
    cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Red Hat/Linux
    cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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