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
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.6 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.046 (91.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.046 · newest: 0.046 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Spamassassin — versions 2.40, 2.41, 2.42
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/309912/30/26090/threaded (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/6679 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11154 (vdb-entry)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/310212/30/26030/threaded (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/7983 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)