Vulnerability Report

CVE-2003-0852

Title: Sylpheed-claws format string DoS

DoS, Format String

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2003-0852.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Nov 17, 2003

Modified Date Apr 03, 2025

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.60%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2003-0852: Format string vulnerability in send_message.c for Sylpheed-claws 0.9.4 through 0.9.6 allows remote SMTP servers to cause a denial of service (crash) in sylpheed via format strings in an error message.

Impacted Vendors

sylpheed 1

sylpheed-claws 1

Reference Links

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-October/012542.html http://sylpheed.good-day.net/#changes http://www.guninski.com/sylph.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8877 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13508 http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-October/012542.html http://sylpheed.good-day.net/#changes http://www.guninski.com/sylph.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8877 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13508

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2003-0852 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

November 17, 2003 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.