Scrubber.py in Mailman 2.1.5-8 does not properly handle UTF8 character encodings in filenames of e-mail attachments, which allows remote…

Description

Scrubber.py in Mailman 2.1.5-8 does not properly handle UTF8 character encodings in filenames of e-mail attachments, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash).

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.7% · top 14% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (22)

• 19167 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-242-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 18503 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2005-2404 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 2006-0012 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
• RHSA-2006:0204 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10038 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 20819 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• mailman-utf8-scrubber-dos(23139) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 18456 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1015735 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2006:001 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 17874 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 19532 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDKSA-2005:222 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 15408 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 18612 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 17511 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [Mailman-Users] 20050912 Uncaught runner exception: 'utf8' codeccan'tdecode bytes in position 1-4: invalid data (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 19196 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=327732 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• DSA-955 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_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)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 23:17 UTC.