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CVE-2003-0564 (GCVE-0-2003-0564)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-11-06 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 01:58
VLAI
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities in multiple vendor implementations of the Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) protocol allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via an S/MIME email message containing certain unexpected ASN.1 constructs, as demonstrated using the NISSC test suite.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8981 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-112.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
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http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advis… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGI
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/428230 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
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Date Public
2003-11-04 00:00
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      "aggregate_severity": "Important",
      "current_release_date": "2026-02-16T19:33:40+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2003-0564",
      "id": "CVE-2003-0564",
      "initial_release_date": "2003-12-23T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:fixed": "1",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "security flaw",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2003/cve-2003-0564.json",
      "version": "3"
    }
  }
}



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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

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Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


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