CVE-2003-0564 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code by sending malicious S/MIME emails with unexpected ASN.1 constructs.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2003-0564?
CVE-2003-0564 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Nov 2003. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Multiple vulnerabilities in multiple vendor implementations of the Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) protocol allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via an S/MIME email message containing certain unexpected ASN.1 constructs, as demonstrated using the NISSC test suite.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-0564?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Hitachi Groupmax Mail - Security Option, Hitachi Pki Runtime Library.
How do I fix CVE-2003-0564?
No fix has been published for CVE-2003-0564 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2003-0564 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-0564 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j65f-95c3-p4r8.