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CVE-2004-0796

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-0796 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting SpamAssassin versions 2.5x and 2.6x prior to 2.64, where remote attackers can disrupt service by sending specially crafted malformed messages. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.40CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:spamassassin:spamassassin:2.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.41CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:spamassassin:spamassassin:2.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.42CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:spamassassin:spamassassin:2.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.43CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:spamassassin:spamassassin:2.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.44CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:spamassassin:spamassassin:2.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.94%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0194 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 23,684 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: spamassassin-0:2.55-3.2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2004-0796Important

security flaw

Aug 5, 2004

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
marc.info
bugzilla.fedora.us / show_bug.cgi
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200408-06.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/16938
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10413
mandriva.com / security/advisories
securityfocus.com / bid/10957
PatchVendor Advisory