CVE-2004-1768
The character converters in the Spamhunter and Language ID modules for Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam 6.0.1 before patch 132 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via messages with the ISO-8859-10 character set, which is not…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.11%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The character converters in the Spamhunter and Language ID modules for Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam 6.0.1 before patch 132 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via messages with the ISO-8859-10 character set, which is not recognized by the converters.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.11% probability · 82th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- symantec/brightmail antispam
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/products/sba/sba_60x/updates/p132_notes.htmPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13489Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/697598Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/12459Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18530
- ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/products/sba/sba_60x/updates/p132_notes.htmPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13489Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/697598Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/12459Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18530
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.