CVE-2003-1557
N/A
Published: April 4, 2008 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:04 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSpamassassin
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
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 "." characters.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (6)
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104342896818777&w=2Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/7983Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/309912/30/26090/threadedMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/310212/30/26030/threadedVDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11154Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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