security flaw
Published Sep 18, 2003
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 66.18%
Description
The prescan function in Sendmail 8.12.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via buffer overflow attacks, as demonstrated using the parseaddr function in parseaddr.c.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 1.2
- 1.3
- 2.6
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.2
- 3.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.3
- 8.8.8
- 8.9.0
- 8.9.1
- 8.9.2
- 8.9.3
- 8.10
- 8.10.1
- 8.10.2
- 8.11.0
- 8.11.1
- 8.11.2
- 8.11.3
- 8.11.4
- 8.11.5
- 8.11.6
- 8.12
- 8.12
- 8.12
- 8.12
- 8.12
- 8.12.0
- 8.12.1
- 8.12.2
- 8.12.3
- 8.12.4
- 8.12.5
- 8.12.6
- 8.12.7
- 8.12.8
- 8.12.9
- 8.9.2
- 8.9.3
- 2.1
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.3
- 2.1.4
- 2.1.5
- 2.2
- 2.2.1
- 2.2.2
- 2.2.3
- 2.2.4
- 2.2.5
- 3.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.3
- 6.5.15
- 6.5.16
- 6.5.17f
- 6.5.17m
- 6.5.18f
- 6.5.18m
- 6.5.19f
- 6.5.19m
- 6.5.20f
- 6.5.20m
- 6.5.21f
- 6.5.21m
Configuration 2
- 10.2
- 10.2.1
- 10.2.2
- 10.2.3
- 10.2.4
- 10.2.5
- 10.2.6
- 10.2
- 10.2.1
- 10.2.2
- 10.2.3
- 10.2.4
- 10.2.5
- 10.2.6
- 4.0f
- 4.0f_pk6_bl17
- 4.0f_pk7_bl18
- 4.0f_pk8_bl22
- 4.0g
- 4.0g_pk3_bl17
- 4.0g_pk4_bl22
- 5.1
- 5.1_pk3_bl17
- 5.1_pk4_bl18
- 5.1_pk5_bl19
- 5.1_pk6_bl20
- 5.1a
- 5.1a_pk1_bl1
- 5.1a_pk2_bl2
- 5.1a_pk3_bl3
- 5.1a_pk4_bl21
- 5.1a_pk5_bl23
- 5.1b
- 5.1b_pk1_bl1
- 5.1b_pk2_bl22
- 3.0
- 4.0
- 4.3
- 4.3
- 4.4
- 4.4
- 4.5
- 4.5
- 4.6
- 4.6
- 4.7
- 4.7
- 4.8
- 4.8
- 4.9
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.1
- 5.1
- 0.5
- 0.7
- 1.1a
- 1.2
- 1.4
- 1.4
- 1.4
- 11.00
- 11.0.4
- 11.11
- 11.22
- 4.3.3
- 5.1
- 5.2
- 1.4.3
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.2
- 1.5.3
- 1.6
- 1.6
- 1.6.1
- 2.6
- 7.0
- 8.0
- 9.0
- 9.0
- n/a
- 5.7
- 5.8
- 6.0
- 6.1
- 6.5
- 7.0
- 8.0
- 6.0
- 7.0
- 8.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2003:284
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2003:284
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2003:284
Red Hat Linux 7.1
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2003:283
Red Hat Linux 7.2
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2003:283
Red Hat Linux 7.3
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2003:283
Red Hat Linux 8.0
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2003:283
Red Hat Linux 9
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2003:283
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2003:284
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2003:284 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2003:284 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2003:284 |
| Red Hat Linux 7.1 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2003:283 |
| Red Hat Linux 7.2 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2003:283 |
| Red Hat Linux 7.3 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2003:283 |
| Red Hat Linux 8.0 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2003:283 |
| Red Hat Linux 9 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2003:283 |
| Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2003:284 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 66.18% (0.66183) | 99.26th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 28, 2026 | 66.18% (0.66183) | 99.20th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 60.19% (0.60185) | 99.02th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 75.67% (0.75672) | 98.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 18.91% (0.18907) | 96.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 16, 2024 | 5.22% (0.05221) | 93.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 5.70% (0.05703) | 93.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 26, 2023 | 4.84% (0.04837) | 91.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.47% (0.03472) | 90.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 82.60% (0.82604) | 99.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 82.60% (0.82604) | 99.49th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (22)
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2004.11/SCOSA-2004.11.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SCO
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2003-q3/4119.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0113.html mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCH
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000742 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVA
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106381604923204&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106382859407683&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106383437615742&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106398718909274&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-25.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-384 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/784980 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:092 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-283.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-284.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.sendmail.org/8.12.10.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-0694 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617070 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0694
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2975 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A572 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A603 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2003-0694
Change history (0)
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