01 Record
CVE-2004-1291
Buffer overflow in qwik-smtpd allows remote attackers to use the server as an SMTP spam relay via a long HELO command, which overwrites the adjacent localIP data buffer.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Buffer overflow in qwik-smtpd allows remote attackers to use the server as an SMTP spam relay via a long HELO command, which overwrites the adjacent localIP data buffer.
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
- 2.46% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 84.0% 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
- 2004-12-22 05:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 00:46Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2004-12-20
- 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
- a74fe30454555a46fc2c233ccc920a3fbee3bd0c0a6ab3dd83c06979032d7c7e
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- tigger.uic.eduhttp://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/qwik-smtpd.txt
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comqwilmail-smtp-helo-open-relay(18555)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18555