Buffer overflow in Sendmail 5.79 to 8.12.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain formatted address fields, related to sender and recipient header comments as processed by the crackaddr function of headers.c.
Threat-Mapped Scoring
Score: 1.9
Priority: P3 - Important (Medium)
S9 – Sabotage of System/App
S10 – Denial of Service (+0.1 bonus)
EPSS
Score: 0.51421Percentile:
0.97759
CVSS Scoring
CVSS v2 Score: 10.0
Severity:
Mapped CWE(s)
CWE-120
: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
All CAPEC(s)
CAPEC-10 : Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
CAPEC-100 : Overflow Buffers
CAPEC-14 : Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
CAPEC-24 : Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
CAPEC-42 : MIME Conversion
CAPEC-44 : Overflow Binary Resource File
CAPEC-45 : Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links
CAPEC-46 : Overflow Variables and Tags
CAPEC-47 : Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion
CAPEC-67 : String Format Overflow in syslog()
CAPEC-8 : Buffer Overflow in an API Call
CAPEC-9 : Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities
CAPEC-92 : Forced Integer Overflow
CAPEC(s) with Mapped TTPs
Mapped ATT&CK TTPs
Affected Products
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:hp:alphaserver_sc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:windriver:bsdos:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:windriver:bsdos:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:windriver:bsdos:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:windriver:platform_sa:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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