CVE-2003-0161
CVSS Score Not Available
67.90%
MEDIUM RiskEPSS (99th percentile)
The prescan() function in the address parser (parseaddr.c) in Sendmail before 8.12.9 does not properly handle certain conversions from char and int types, which can cause a length check to be disabled when Sendmail misinterprets an input value as a special "NOCHAR" control value, allowing attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow attack using messages, a different vulnerability than CVE-2002-1337.
Published: 4/2/2003
Modified: 4/3/2025
Vulnerability Summary
EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)
67.90%MEDIUM Exploitation Risk
99th percentile
This vulnerability has a 67.90% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.