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CVE-2004-0796: spamassassin

Modified
AliasesRHSA-2004:451DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0796
Published 24-08-2004Last modified 08-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2004-0796 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in spamassassin. EPSS estimates a 1.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

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

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.94%
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. 24-08-2004
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

SpamAssassin 2.5x, and 2.6x before 2.64, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via certain malformed messages.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.94%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

80%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 1.94% 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

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

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

Redhat2 products
  • spamassassin< 0:2.55-3.2
  • spamassassin-debuginfo< 0:2.55-3.2
Debian1 product
  • spamassassin< 2.64
Spamassassin1 product
  • spamassassin2.40 | 2.41 | 2.42 | 2.43 | 2.44 | 2.50 | 2.55 | 2.60 | 2.63

3 vendors · 4 products

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