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CVE-2003-1557

CVE information

Published

20 years ago

Last Modified

5 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

Description

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..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
7.6/10
Exploit Score
4.9/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
10/10
Confidentiality Impact
Complete
Availability Impact
Complete
Integrity Impact
Complete

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:spamassassin:spamassassin:2.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:spamassassin:spamassassin:2.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:spamassassin:spamassassin:2.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:spamassassin:spamassassin:2.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -