Buffer overflow in Sendmail before 8.12.5, when configured to use a custom DNS map to query TXT records, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malicious DNS server.
Published 2002-10-04 04:00:00
Updated 2025-04-03 01:03:51
Source MITRE
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Vulnerability category: OverflowExecute codeDenial of service

Products affected by CVE-2002-0906

Threat overview for CVE-2002-0906

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2002-0906
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 22
IPs affected by CVE-2002-0906 2
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-0906

2.97%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 85 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2002-0906

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
7.5
HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
10.0
6.4
NIST

References for CVE-2002-0906

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