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CVE-2019-10149 Exim CVE debrief

CVE-2019-10149 is a security issue in Exim Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) described as improper input validation. CISA has included it in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which means it should be treated as a priority issue for defenders, especially on systems exposed to untrusted network traffic. The available source corpus does not provide deeper technical detail, so the safest response is to verify affected Exim deployments and apply the vendor-recommended updates as soon as possible.

Vendor
Exim
Product
Mail Transfer Agent (MTA)
CVSS
CRITICAL 9
CISA KEV
Listed
Original CVE published
2022-01-10
Original CVE updated
2022-01-10
Advisory published
2022-01-10
Advisory updated
2022-01-10

Who should care

Exim administrators, email infrastructure owners, security operations teams, vulnerability management teams, and incident responders responsible for internet-facing mail systems.

Technical summary

The supplied official sources identify CVE-2019-10149 as an improper input validation issue in Exim Mail Transfer Agent. CISA’s KEV entry marks the vulnerability as known to be exploited and directs defenders to apply updates per vendor instructions. Because the source corpus is limited, no additional implementation detail or exploit behavior is asserted here.

Defensive priority

High

Recommended defensive actions

  • Identify all systems running Exim Mail Transfer Agent, including appliances and embedded mail gateways.
  • Check the exact Exim version and determine whether it is affected by CVE-2019-10149 using vendor guidance.
  • Apply the vendor-recommended updates or mitigations immediately on exposed systems.
  • Prioritize internet-facing mail servers and any system that processes untrusted email traffic.
  • Review monitoring, alerting, and incident response coverage around Exim hosts for signs of abuse or exploitation.
  • Track remediation status through vulnerability management and verify fixes after patching.

Evidence notes

This debrief is based only on the supplied corpus and official links: the CISA KEV catalog entry identifies CVE-2019-10149 as an Exim MTA improper input validation issue and notes the required action to apply updates per vendor instructions. The corpus does not include a vendor bulletin or additional technical write-up, so no unsupported impact details are included.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2019-10149 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-10149

    CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.

  • CVE-2019-10149 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10149

    NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.

  • CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

    Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency - Official CISA catalog of vulnerabilities known to be exploited in the wild.

Supplemental references

  • Source item URL

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json

    cisa_kev

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.