CVE-2000-0833 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in Jack De Winter WinSMTP versions 1.06f and 2.X. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by sending excessively long USER or HELO commands. 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. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of widespread active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.6fCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:jack_de_winter:winsmtp:1.6f:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.xCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:jack_de_winter:winsmtp:2.x:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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