security flaw
Published Feb 16, 2007
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.87%
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."
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 3.1.7
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.3
- 3.0.4
- 3.1.0
- 3.1.1
- 3.1.2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
spamassassin-0:3.1.8-2.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0074
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
spamassassin-0:3.1.8-2.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0075
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | spamassassin-0:3.1.8-2.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0074 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | spamassassin-0:3.1.8-2.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0075 |
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:M/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 (21 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 6.87% (0.06869) | 93.85th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.66% (0.06659) | 93.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 12, 2026 | 33.37% (0.33365) | 96.85th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 27, 2025 | 29.34% (0.29343) | 96.40th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 24.96% (0.24964) | 95.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 28.92% (0.28923) | 94.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 24.96% (0.24964) | 95.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 16.54% (0.16540) | 94.39th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 8.53% (0.08527) | 94.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 11, 2024 | 5.77% (0.05766) | 93.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 22, 2024 | 4.15% (0.04154) | 92.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 13, 2024 | 2.98% (0.02981) | 90.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 28, 2024 | 3.60% (0.03599) | 90.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 21, 2023 | 2.61% (0.02607) | 89.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 13, 2023 | 2.89% (0.02894) | 89.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 21, 2023 | 4.32% (0.04316) | 91.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2023 | 5.37% (0.05371) | 91.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 4.45% (0.04453) | 91.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 7.34% (0.07344) | 92.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 7.34% (0.07344) | 91.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 7.34% (0.07344) | 80.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (27)
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2657 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAPatch
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2659 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAPatch
- http://osvdb.org/33207 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0074.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24197 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24200 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24250 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24256 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24265 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24307 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24889 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-02.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://spamassassin.apache.org/advisories/cve-2007-0451.txt x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/spamassassin/branches/3.1/build/announcements/3.1.8.txt x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:049 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_6_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0075.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22584 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017666 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0628 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-0451 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1618365 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32536 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1073 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0451
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10018 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-0451
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.