CyberRota Analysis
This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. Its EPSS score suggests a 12.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2017-16844
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
12.52%
Original NVD Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the loadbuf function in formisc.c in formail in procmail 3.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted e-mail message because of a hardcoded realloc size, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-3618.