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CVE-2004-0399
Stack-based buffer overflow in Exim 3.35, and other versions before 4, when the sender_verify option is true, allows remote attackers to…
High7.5EPSS 20.5%
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Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Exim 3.35, and other versions before 4, when the sender_verify option is true, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code during sender verification.
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)
- 20.5% · top 2.5% 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
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Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (6)
- DSA-502 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- DSA-501 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20040506 Buffer overflows in exim, yet still exim much better than windows (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 11558 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- exim-requireverify-bo(16079) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.guninski.com/exim1.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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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