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CVE-2004-2771

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.

Score
7.5 high
Published
2014-12-24
Links
NVD · cve.org

Affected ports (1)

PortPackageVersionStatusMaintainer
mail/heirloom-mailxheirloom-mailx12.4_11unaddressedcy@FreeBSD.org

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Range taken from the CVE record, check it before committing. make newentry in security/vuxml creates the vid.

  <vuln vid="FIXME (make newentry)">
    <topic>FIXME -- FIXME</topic>
    <affects>
      <package>
	<name>heirloom-mailx</name>
	<range><lt>FIXME</lt></range>
      </package>
    </affects>
    <description>
      <body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
	<p>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.</p>
      </body>
    </description>
    <references>
      <cvename>CVE-2004-2771</cvename>
      <url>https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-2771</url>
    </references>
    <dates>
      <discovery>2014-12-24</discovery>
      <entry>2026-10-25</entry>
    </dates>
  </vuln>