The character converters in the Spamhunter and Language ID modules for Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam 6.0.1 before patch 132 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via messages with the ISO-8859-10 character set, which is not recognized by the converters
Published Mar 10, 2005
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.11%
Description
The character converters in the Spamhunter and Language ID modules for Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam 6.0.1 before patch 132 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via messages with the ISO-8859-10 character set, which is not recognized by the converters.
Affected products
No data.
- 6.0.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
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:N/I:N/A:P
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.11% (0.02111) | 81.12th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.11% (0.02111) | 79.33th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 3.10% (0.03103) | 86.40th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.65% (0.01646) | 80.72th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.18% (0.00177) | 56.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 15, 2024 | 0.18% (0.00177) | 53.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.47% (0.00466) | 74.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.47% (0.00466) | 71.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (5)
- ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/products/sba/sba_60x/updates/p132_notes.htm x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13489 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/697598 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/12459 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBPatchVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18530 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/products/sba/sba_60x/updates/p132_notes.htm | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/13489 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/697598 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/12459 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18530 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
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