CVE-2003-1557

HighCVSS 7.6/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.6/10AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
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References

Timeline

Published
Dec 31, 2003
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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