7.6

CVE-2003-1557: spamassassin

Modified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2003-1557
Published 04-04-2008Last modified 08-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2003-1557 is a high (CVSS 7.6) vulnerability in spamassassin. EPSS estimates a 4.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.6, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.6/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.56%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 04-04-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.56%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 4.56% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian1 product
  • spamassassin< 3.1.7-2
Spamassassin1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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