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…
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 8 days later
· 8 days later
Published
- 21 years later
· 21 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 38.8% · top 1.4% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (20)
- 1001088 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 52620 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 7230 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20030330 [OpenPKG-SA-2003.027] OpenPKG Security Advisory (sendmail) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- RHSA-2003:120 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20030401 Immunix Secured OS 7+ openssl update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQvendor-advisoryx_refsource_IMMUNIXx_transferred
- DSA-278 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- DSA-290 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00028.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 52700 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- CA-2003-12 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 20030331 GLSA: sendmail (200303-27) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- RHSA-2003:121 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- CLA-2003:614 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- GLSA-200303-27 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 20030329 Sendmail: -1 gone wild (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20030329 Sendmail: -1 gone wild (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20030520 [Fwd: 127 Research and Development: 127 Day!] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20030329 sendmail 8.12.9 available (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- VU#897604 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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