CVE-2009-1490

N/A Unknown

Published: May 05, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Sendmail before 8.13.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long X- header, as demonstrated by an X-Testing header.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.nmrc.org/~thegnome/blog/apr09/

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.sendmail.org/releases/8.13.2

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50355

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.nmrc.org/~thegnome/blog/apr09/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.sendmail.org/releases/8.13.2

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch Vendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50355

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

N/A / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

7.8%

92th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Vendors

sendmail

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