Exploitation evidence
Known exploited · CISA KEV listed
Added 2022-03-03. Ransomware campaign use: Unknown.
CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA due date: 2022-03-17. This is the catalog’s deadline, not an assessment of your organization’s exposure.
KEV checked 13 Nov 2026, 00:20 Jerusalem · Original catalog ↗Reported products and versions
n/a / n/a
Default status: Not specified
- affected: n/a
Fixes and workarounds
No explicit solution text in the downloaded CVE record. Consult the vendor advisory; unaffected version ranges are shown above as reported, not inferred as a patch recommendation.
Sources and related reporting
CVE Program record ↗ · Download tracked evidence as JSON
- https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20190927.032457.c1044d4c.en.html
- https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2449
- https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/478effbfd9c3cc5a627fc671d4bf94d13670d65f
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/3
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4536
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4141-1/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/4
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/60
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T3TJW4HPYH3O5HZCWGD6NSHTEBTTAPDC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UY6HPRW7MR3KBQ5JFHH6OXM7YCZBJCOB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EED7HM3MFIBAP5OIMJAFJ35JAJABTVSC/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-47
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-16928
Observed change timeline
History begins when Egret first downloads each source. It is not the complete upstream CVE history.
12 Nov 2026, 18:20 Jerusalem · EPSS observation updated
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