CVE-2001-1456 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the smap/smapd and CSMAP daemons of Gauntlet Firewall versions 5.0 through 6.0, impacting McAfee, Network Associates, PGP, and SGI products. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted mail message, leading to potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:webshield_smtp:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:webshield_smtp:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:network_associates:gauntlet_firewall:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
unix_5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:network_associates:gauntlet_firewall:unix_5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
unix_5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:network_associates:gauntlet_firewall:unix_5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.