CVE-2003-1440 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash SpamProbe by sending HTML emails with specific newline characters in href tags, requiring user interaction to process the email.
- 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-2003-1440?
CVE-2003-1440 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Oct 2007. 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
SpamProbe 0.8a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via HTML e-mail with newline characters within an href tag, which is not properly handled by certain regular expressions.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-1440?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Burton Computer Corporation Spamprobe.
How do I fix CVE-2003-1440?
No fix has been published for CVE-2003-1440 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2003-1440 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-1440 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fmmr-mxj7-qvpw.