CVE-2005-0022 Affecting exim4 package, versions <4.34-10


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.72% (49th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-EXIM4-18234308
  • published23 Jul 2026
  • disclosed2 May 2005

Introduced: 2 May 2005

CVE-2005-0022  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest exim4 to version 4.34-10 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream exim4 package and not the exim4 package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

Buffer overflow in the spa_base64_to_bits function in Exim before 4.43, as originally obtained from Samba code, and as called by the auth_spa_client function, may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code during SPA authentication.

CVSS Base Scores

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