01 Record
CVE-2003-0852
Format string vulnerability in send_message.c for Sylpheed-claws 0.9.4 through 0.9.6 allows remote SMTP servers to cause a denial of service (crash) in sylpheed via format strings in an error message.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Format string vulnerability in send_message.c for Sylpheed-claws 0.9.4 through 0.9.6 allows remote SMTP servers to cause a denial of service (crash) in sylpheed via format strings in an error message.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 72.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2003-10-25 04:00Z23 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 02:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2003-10-10
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 9c6f6188f1f1f38a42e3cef0eaa1379189489e6219152d081e3bdc15d8d11114
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- sylpheed.good-day.nethttp://sylpheed.good-day.net/#changes
- www.securityfocus.com8877http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8877
- lists.grok.org.uk20031022 Sylpheed-claws format string bug, yet still sylpheed much better than windowshttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-October/012542.html
- www.guninski.comhttp://www.guninski.com/sylph.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comsylpheed-smtp-format-string(13508)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13508