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CVE-2002-1337
Buffer overflow in Sendmail 5.79 to 8.12.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain formatted address fields, related…
High10.0EPSS 72.6%
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- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in Sendmail 5.79 to 8.12.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain formatted address fields, related to sender and recipient header comments as processed by the crackaddr function of headers.c.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 72.6% · top 0.6% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (21)
- RHSA-2003:073 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- IY40501 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 20030303 Fwd: APPLE-SA-2003-03-03 sendmail (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- RHSA-2003:227 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 6991 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- VU#398025 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- http://www.sendmail.org/8.12.8.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-257 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20030304 [LSD] Technical analysis of the remote sendmail vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2222 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2003:074 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- CA-2003-07 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 20030303 sendmail 8.12.8 available (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- MDKSA-2003:028 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- IY40500 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- sendmail-header-processing-bo(10748) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- CLA-2003:571 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- HPSBUX0302-246 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 20030303 Remote Sendmail Header Processing Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_ISSx_transferred
- IY40502 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 20030304 GLSA: sendmail (200303-4) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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 .