CVE-2004-1007 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the bogofilter spam filter by sending malicious mail headers that trigger a memory corruption error.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2004-1007?
CVE-2004-1007 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux, published on 4 Nov 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The quoted-printable decoder in bogofilter 0.17.4 to 0.92.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via mail headers that cause a line feed (LF) to be replaced by a null byte that is written to an incorrect memory address.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1007?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Bogofilter Email Filter, Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2004-1007?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2004-1007 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1007 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2004-1007, GHSA-chqq-gr5j-843v.