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CVE-2002-0906
Buffer overflow in Sendmail before 8.12.5, when configured to use a custom DNS map to query TXT records, allows remote attackers to cause…
High7.5EPSS 4.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in Sendmail before 8.12.5, when configured to use a custom DNS map to query TXT records, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malicious DNS server.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.4% · top 8.7% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- http://www.sendmail.org/8.12.5.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2183 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- VU#814627 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 5122 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- sendmail-dns-txt-bo(9443) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .