CVE-2004-2771

CVE-2004-2771 affects mailx (Heirloom mailx <=12.5 and BSD mailx <=8.1.2). The vulnerability arises from parsing of email addresses, allowing a local attacker to cause mailx to execute arbitrary shell commands via shell metacharacters in the address. Several connected records corroborate im...

CVE-2014-7844

CVE-2014-7844 affects BSD mailx 8.1.2 and earlier and Heirloom mailx 12.5 and earlier. Root cause: the expand function (fio.c) allows shell meta-characters in an email address to trigger remote command execution. Impact: remote attacker could execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the ...