CVE-2003-1557

HIGH 7.6CVE-2003-1557 · Published 31/12/2003 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2003-1557 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.6) vulnerability affecting spamassassin (spamassassin).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.6%, higher than 91.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
spamassassin spamassassin	`= 2.40= 2.41= 2.42= 2.43`	No fix yet

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.

References

marc.info
secunia.com/advisories/7983 · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/archive/1/309912/30/26090/threaded
securityfocus.com/archive/1/310212/30/26030/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/6679 · Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11154

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