What is CVE-2002-1337?

CVE-2002-1337 is a vulnerability in Gentoo Linux, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). Published 2003-03-07.

Is CVE-2002-1337 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Gentoo Linux

CVE-2002-1337

Buffer overflow in Sendmail 5.79 to 8.12.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain formatted address fields, related to sender and recipient header comments as processed by the crackaddr function of headers.c.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2003-03-07 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.726 (99.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-28.

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.726 · newest: 0.726 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Gentoo Linux — versions 1.4
HP Alphaserver Sc
HP Hp-Ux — versions 10.10, 10.20, 11.00
NetBSD — versions 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.5.2
Oracle Solaris — versions 2.6, 7.0, 8
Sendmail
Sun Sunos — versions 5.7, 5.8
Windriver Bsdos — versions 4.2, 4.3.1, 5.0
Windriver Platform Sa — versions 1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-073.html (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
marc.info/ (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-227.html (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/6991 (Exploit, Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/398025 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.sendmail.org/8.12.8.html (Patch, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-257 (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
marc.info/ (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2222 (Broken Link, signature, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2002-1337?: CVE-2002-1337 is a vulnerability in Gentoo Linux, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). Published 2003-03-07.
Is CVE-2002-1337 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.