Buffer overflow in Spamassassin
CVE-2003-1557
Off-by-one buffer overflow in spamc of SpamAssassin 2.40 through 2.43, when using BSMTP mode ("-B"), allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via email containing headers with leading "." characters.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.046 (90.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Spamassassin — versions 2.40, 2.41, 2.42
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)