CVE-2003-0852 (GCVE-0-2003-0852)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-10-25 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 02:05
VLAI
Summary
Format string vulnerability in send_message.c for Sylpheed-claws 0.9.4 through 0.9.6 allows remote SMTP servers to cause a denial of service (crash) in sylpheed via format strings in an error message.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
Date Public
2003-10-22 00:00
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