CVE-2007-0451: apache spamassassin Resource Management Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2007-0451 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in apache spamassassin. EPSS estimates a 6.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 4.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1Timeline
- 16-02-2007PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Apache SpamAssassin before 3.1.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via long URLs in malformed HTML, which triggers "massive memory usage."
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
6.87%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
94%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 6.87% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Redhat2 products
- spamassassin< 0:3.1.8-2.el4 | < 0:3.1.8-2.el5
- spamassassin-debuginfo< 0:3.1.8-2.el4 | < 0:3.1.8-2.el5
Apache1 product
- spamassassin≤ 3.1.7 | 3.0.1 | 3.0.2 | 3.0.3 | 3.0.4 | 3.1.0 | 3.1.1 | 3.1.2
Debian1 product
- spamassassin< 3.1.7-2
3 vendors · 4 products
References
37 links- spamassassin.apache.org/advisories/cve-2007-0451.txtX Refsource CONFIRM
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1073X Refsource CONFIRM
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10018VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
