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.
CVE-2002-1337
- High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 72%
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 99.4%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 7, 2003
Last Modified
June 16, 2026
References (50)
- cve@mitreftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2003-002.txt.asc
- cve@mitreftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/CSSA-2003-SCO.6
- cve@mitreftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/CSSA-2003-SCO.5
- cve@mitreftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030301-01-P
- cve@mitrehttp://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000571
- cve@mitrehttp://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:028
- cve@mitrehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104673778105192&w=2
- cve@mitrehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104678739608479&w=2
- cve@mitrehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104678862109841&w=2
- cve@mitrehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104678862409849&w=2
- cve@mitrehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104679411316818&w=2
- cve@mitrehttp://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY40500&apar=only
- cve@mitrehttp://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY40501&apar=only
- cve@mitrehttp://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY40502&apar=only
- cve@mitrehttp://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-07.html
Patch Availability(3)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | patch | 2003-07-08 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2003-03-03 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2003-03-03 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(1)
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Publicly available exploits
(3 references)Working exploit code is in the public domain (3 Exploit-DB entries). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Exploit-DBEDB-22313✓ verifiedFirst seen Mar 2, 2003
Sendmail 8.12.x - Header Processing Buffer Overflow (1)
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-22314✓ verifiedFirst seen Mar 2, 2003
Sendmail 8.12.x - Header Processing Buffer Overflow (2)
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-411✓ verifiedFirst seen Jan 1, 2001
Sendmail 8.11.x (Linux/i386) - Local Privilege Escalation
Open source ↗
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