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CVE-2005-1266: apache spamassassin

Modified
AliasesRHSA-2005:498DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1266DSA-736-1
Published 22-06-2005Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-1266 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in apache spamassassin. EPSS estimates a 8.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.9% 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
8.35%
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. 22-06-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Apache SpamAssassin 3.0.1, 3.0.2, and 3.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and slowdown) via a message with a long Content-Type header without any boundaries.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

8.35%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 8.35% 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< 0:3.0.4-1.el4
  • spamassassin-debuginfo< 0:3.0.4-1.el4
Apache1 product
Debian1 product
  • spamassassin< 3.0.3-2 | < 3.0.4-1

3 vendors · 4 products

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