CVE-2003-0057 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Hypermail 2 prior to version 2.1.6. These flaws can be triggered by remote attackers providing a long attachment filename or by connecting from an IP address with a long reverse-resolved hostname. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity, as it allows for denial of service and potentially arbitrary code execution with low attack complexity and no authentication required. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0b25CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hypermail:hypermail:2.0b25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hypermail:hypermail:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hypermail:hypermail:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hypermail:hypermail:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hypermail:hypermail:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.