CVE-2003-0681

Exp

A "potential buffer overflow in ruleset parsing" for Sendmail 8.12.9, when using the nonstandard rulesets (1) recipient (2), final, or (3) mailer-specific envelope recipients, has unknown consequences.

Published: 2003-10-06 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-0681 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.3/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 12.44%, 94th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2003-0681

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
23154 exploit_db edb 2003-09-17 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0681

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 2025-12-28 12.88% 12.44% -0.44%
2 2025-12-27 12.44% 12.88% +0.44%
3 2025-10-28 — 12.44% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0681

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-0681

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-0681

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2003-0681 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (sendmail), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0681
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-0681
ubuntu medium CVE-2003-0681 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (sendmail), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2003-0681

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0681

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sendmail advanced_message_server 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:advanced_message_server:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail advanced_message_server 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:advanced_message_server:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 2.6 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 2.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 2.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 3.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 3.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.8.8 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.10 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.10.1 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.10.2 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.11.1 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.11.2 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.11.3 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.11.4 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.11.5 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.11.6 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.12 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12:beta10:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.12 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12:beta12:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.12 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12:beta16:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.12 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.12 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12:beta7:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.12.0 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.12.1 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.12.2 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.12.3 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.12.4 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.12.5 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.12.6 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.12.7 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.12.8 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.12.9 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail_pro 8.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail_pro:8.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail_pro 8.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail_pro:8.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail_switch 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail_switch:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail_switch 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail_switch:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail_switch 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail_switch:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail_switch 2.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail_switch:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail_switch 2.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail_switch:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail_switch 2.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail_switch:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail_switch 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail_switch:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail_switch 2.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail_switch:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail_switch 2.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail_switch:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail_switch 2.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail_switch:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail_switch 2.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail_switch:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail_switch 2.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail_switch:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail_switch 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail_switch:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail_switch 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail_switch:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail_switch 3.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail_switch:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail_switch 3.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail_switch:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.2 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.2.1 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.2.2 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.2.3 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.2.4 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.2.5 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.2.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x_server 10.2 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x_server 10.2.1 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x_server 10.2.2 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x_server 10.2.3 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x_server 10.2.4 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x_server 10.2.5 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x_server 10.2.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gentoo linux 0.5 cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gentoo linux 0.7 cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gentoo linux 1.1a cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gentoo linux 1.2 cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gentoo linux 1.4 cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
gentoo linux 1.4 cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
gentoo linux 1.4 cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 11.00 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 11.0.4 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0681

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