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CVE-2003-0161: compaq tru64

CVSS: 10.0v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2003-0161DSA-278DSA-290
Published 01-04-2003Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2003-0161 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in compaq tru64. EPSS estimates a 38.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
90/100
0100
Critical · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
10.0/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
38.79%
0%100%
High · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 01-04-2003
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

38.79%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

99%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 38.79% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
38.79%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • exploit-databaseremotelinuxVerified

    Sendmail 8.12.8 (BSD) - 'Prescan()' Remote Command Execution

    Maturity: weaponized

  • exploit-databaselocalunixVerified

    Sendmail 8.11.6 - Address Prescan Memory Corruption

    Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Hp3 products
Debian2 products
  • sendmail< 8.12.9-1 | < 8.12.3-6.3
  • sendmail-wide< 8.12.3+3.5Wbeta-5.4
Sendmail2 products
  • sendmail2.6 | 2.6.1 | 2.6.2 | 3.0 | 3.0.1 | 3.0.2 | 3.0.3 | 8.9.0 | 8.9.1 | 8.9.2 | 8.9.3 | 8.10 | 8.10.1 | 8.10.2 | 8.11.0 | 8.11.1 | 8.11.2 | 8.11.3 | 8.11.4 | 8.11.5 | 8.11.6 | 8.12:beta10 | 8.12:beta12 | 8.12:beta16 | 8.12:beta5 | 8.12:beta7 | 8.12.0 | 8.12.1 | 8.12.2 | 8.12.3 | 8.12.4 | 8.12.5 | 8.12.6 | 8.12.7 | 8.12.8
  • sendmail_switch2.1 | 2.1.1 | 2.1.2 | 2.1.3 | 2.1.4 | 2.1.5 | 2.2 | 2.2.1 | 2.2.2 | 2.2.3 | 2.2.4 | 2.2.5 | 3.0 | 3.0.1 | 3.0.2 | 3.0.3
Sun2 products
  • solaris2.4 | 2.5 | 2.5.1 | 2.6 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 9.0:x86_update_2
  • sunosna | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.5.1 | 5.7 | 5.8
Compaq1 product
  • tru644.0b | 4.0d | 4.0d_pk9_bl17 | 4.0f | 4.0f_pk6_bl17 | 4.0f_pk7_bl18 | 4.0g | 4.0g_pk3_bl17 | 5.0 | 5.0_pk4_bl17 | 5.0_pk4_bl18 | 5.0a | 5.0a_pk3_bl17 | 5.0f | 5.1 | 5.1_pk3_bl17 | 5.1_pk4_bl18 | 5.1_pk5_bl19 | 5.1_pk6_bl20 | 5.1a | 5.1a_pk1_bl1 | 5.1a_pk2_bl2 | 5.1a_pk3_bl3 | 5.1b | 5.1b_pk1_bl1

5 vendors · 10 products

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