Buffer overflow in the HTTP management interface for GFI MailSecurity 8.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long…

Description

Buffer overflow in the HTTP management interface for GFI MailSecurity 8.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long headers such as (1) Host and (2) Accept in HTTP requests. NOTE: the vendor suggests that this issues is "in an underlying Microsoft technology" which, if true, could mean that the overflow affects other products as well.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.0% · top 9.5% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

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 (8)

• 1015046 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 15081 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 74 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
• 20051012 [SEC-1 Advisory] GFI MailSecurity 8.1 Web Module Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 20051012 [SEC-1 Advisory] GFI MailSecurity 8.1 Web Module Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• 17136 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 19926 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• http://kbase.gfi.com/showarticle.asp?id=KBID002451 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 23:01 UTC.