CVE-2000-0319

mail.local in Sendmail 8.10.x does not properly identify the .\n string which identifies the end of message text, which allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service or corrupt mailboxes via a message line that is 2047 characters long and ends in .\n.

Published: 2000-04-23 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2000-0319 is rated Moderate Risk (44.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.66%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0319

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-17 0.22% 0.66% +0.44%
2 2024-12-17 0.25% 0.22% -0.03%
3 2024-02-08 — 0.25% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0319

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-0319

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0319

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
eric_allman sendmail 5.58 cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:5.58:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eric_allman sendmail 5.59 cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:5.59:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eric_allman sendmail 8.6.x cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.6.x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eric_allman sendmail 8.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eric_allman sendmail 8.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eric_allman sendmail 8.7.3 cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eric_allman sendmail 8.7.4 cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eric_allman sendmail 8.7.5 cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eric_allman sendmail 8.7.6 cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eric_allman sendmail 8.7.x cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.7.x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eric_allman sendmail 8.8 cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eric_allman sendmail 8.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eric_allman sendmail 8.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eric_allman sendmail 8.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eric_allman sendmail 8.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eric_allman sendmail 8.8.5 cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eric_allman sendmail 8.8.x cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.8.x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eric_allman sendmail 8.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eric_allman sendmail 8.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-0319

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