CVE-2004-0796

SpamAssassin 2.5x, and 2.6x before 2.64, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via certain malformed messages.

Published: 2004-10-20 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-0796 is rated Moderate Risk (46.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.34%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0796

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 2025-03-30 2.19% 1.34% -0.85%
2 2025-03-29 1.34% 2.19% +0.85%
3 2025-03-17 — 1.34% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0796

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-2004-0796

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-0796

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2004-0796 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (spamassassin), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-0796
gentoo normal CVE-2004-0796: 1 GLSA(s) (200408-06), 1 atom(s) (mail-filter/spamassassin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2004-0796
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0796

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0796

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
spamassassin spamassassin 2.40 cpe:2.3:a:spamassassin:spamassassin:2.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spamassassin spamassassin 2.41 cpe:2.3:a:spamassassin:spamassassin:2.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spamassassin spamassassin 2.42 cpe:2.3:a:spamassassin:spamassassin:2.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spamassassin spamassassin 2.43 cpe:2.3:a:spamassassin:spamassassin:2.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spamassassin spamassassin 2.44 cpe:2.3:a:spamassassin:spamassassin:2.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spamassassin spamassassin 2.50 cpe:2.3:a:spamassassin:spamassassin:2.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spamassassin spamassassin 2.55 cpe:2.3:a:spamassassin:spamassassin:2.55:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spamassassin spamassassin 2.60 cpe:2.3:a:spamassassin:spamassassin:2.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spamassassin spamassassin 2.63 cpe:2.3:a:spamassassin:spamassassin:2.63:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0796

cvelogic Threat Intelligence