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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2002-1337

Buffer overflow in Sendmail 5.79 to 8.12.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain formatted address fields, related to sender and recipient header comments as processed by the crackaddr function of headers.c.

HIGH 10.0EPSS 72.6%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 72.6%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Buffer overflow in Sendmail 5.79 to 8.12.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain formatted address fields, related to sender and recipient header comments as processed by the crackaddr function of headers.c.

CVSS 2.0
10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
72.64% probability · 99th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-120
Affected
sendmail/sendmail · hp/alphaserver sc · gentoo/linux · hp/hp-ux · netbsd/netbsd · oracle/solaris · sun/sunos · windriver/bsdos · windriver/platform sa
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.