4 There is a buffer overflow in base64d(), if some pre-conditions are met.
5 Using a handcrafted message, remote code execution seems to be possible.
7 A patch exists already and is being tested.
9 Currently we're unsure about the severity, we *believe*, an exploit
10 is difficult. A mitigation isn't known.
15 * 2018-02-05 Report from Meh Chang <meh@devco.re> via exim-security mailing list
16 * 2018-02-06 Request CVE on https://cveform.mitre.org/ (heiko)
18 * 2018-02-07 Announcement to the public via exim-users, exim-maintainers
19 mailing lists and on oss-security mailing list
20 * 2018-02-08 16:50 Grant restricted access to the security repo for
22 * 2018-02-09 One distro breaks the embargo
23 * 2018-02-10 18:00 Grant public access to the our official git repo.