CVE-2002-1771

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2002-1771 · Published 31/12/2002 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2002-1771 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting formmail (matt wright).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.4%, higher than 71.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
formmail matt_wright	`= 1.0= 1.1= 1.2= 1.3= 1.4= 1.5= 1.6= 1.7= 1.8= 1.9`	No fix yet

Description

Matt Wright FormMail 1.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to send spam or anonymous e-mail by injecting a newline character followed by CC:, BCC:, or additional TO: fields in the email and realname CGI variables.

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-01/0307.html
scriptarchive.com/readme/formmail.html
securityfocus.com/bid/3955 · Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8013

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