7.5

CVE-2002-0906: sendmail

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2002-0906
Published 02-04-2003Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2002-0906 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in sendmail. EPSS estimates a 4.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.41%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 02-04-2003
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in Sendmail before 8.12.5, when configured to use a custom DNS map to query TXT records, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malicious DNS server.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.41%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.41% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
4.41%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • sendmail< 8.12.5
Sendmail1 product
  • sendmail8.12.0 | 8.12.1 | 8.12.3 | 8.12.4

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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