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