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CVE-2003-0681
A "potential buffer overflow in ruleset parsing" for Sendmail 8.12.9, when using the nonstandard rulesets (1) recipient (2), final, or (3)…
High7.5EPSS 22.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
A "potential buffer overflow in ruleset parsing" for Sendmail 8.12.9, when using the nonstandard rulesets (1) recipient (2), final, or (3) mailer-specific envelope recipients, has unknown consequences.
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)
- 22.4% · top 2.3% 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 (12)
- 20030919 [OpenPKG-SA-2003.041] OpenPKG Security Advisory (sendmail) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.sendmail.org/8.12.10.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2003:283 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:595 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- MDKSA-2003:092 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:3606 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- VU#108964 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- DSA-384 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- sendmail-ruleset-parsing-bo(13216) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20030917 GLSA: sendmail (200309-13) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 8649 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- CLA-2003:742 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_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)
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