CVE-2003-0161

The prescan() function in the address parser (parseaddr.c) in Sendmail before 8.12.9 does not properly handle certain conversions from char and int types, which can cause a length check to be disabled when Sendmail misinterprets an input value as a special "NOCHAR" control value, allowing attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow attack using messages, a different vulnerability than CVE-2002-1337.

CVSS v2.0

10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

38.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 98th percentile

Published

2003-04-01

Updated

2024-08-08

ExploitDB entries (2)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/22442
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2003-0154
• CVE-2003-0165
• CVE-2003-0153
• CVE-2003-0166
• CVE-2003-0150
• CVE-2003-0169