CVE-2003-1557
Off-by-one buffer overflow in spamc of SpamAssassin 2.40 through 2.43, when using BSMTP mode ("-B"), allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via email containing headers with leading "."
02 Description
Off-by-one buffer overflow in spamc of SpamAssassin 2.40 through 2.43, when using BSMTP mode ("-B"), allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via email containing headers with leading "."
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
- 4.56% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.2% 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
- 2008-04-04 01:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 02:35Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-04-03
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b6039e982e0d9347346226b89d07d3c2dd04da9a44ef3fc18a92d2b9f68defc1
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.comGLSA-200302-01http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/309912/30/26090/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com6679http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6679
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comspamassassin-spamc-offbyone-bo(11154)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11154
- marc.info20030123 SpamAssassin / spamc+BSMTP remote buffer overflowhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104342896818777&w=2
- www.securityfocus.com20030204 Re: GLSA: Mail-SpamAssasinhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/310212/30/26030/threaded
- secunia.com7983http://secunia.com/advisories/7983
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- spamassassin Fixed in 3.1.7-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- spamassassin Fixed in 3.1.7-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- spamassassin Fixed in 3.1.7-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.