CVE-2000-0042 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the CSM mail server. This flaw allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to trigger a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands by sending an excessively long HELO command. With a CVSS score of 10.0 (HIGH), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it has not been added to the KEV catalog. Furthermore, there is no evidence of active exploitation or community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1999-07bCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:csm:mail_server:1999-07b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1999-07fCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:csm:mail_server:1999-07f:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1999-07gCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:csm:mail_server:1999-07g:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1999-07hCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:csm:mail_server:1999-07h:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1999-07iCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:csm:mail_server:1999-07i:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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