CVE-2000-0738
mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.017 · 78 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.74% (78th) EPSS
CVSS 5 · medium
Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-28
WebShield SMTP 4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending e-mail with a From: address that has a . (period) at the end, which causes WebShield to continuously send itself copies of the e-mail.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
5.0
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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weaknesses
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affected products (2)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- network associates webshield smtp= 4.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:network_associates:webshield_smtp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (2)
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sources
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published 2000-10-20modified 2026-06-16
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references (6)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/2000-q3/0101.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1589enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5100enisa_euvd
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/2000-q3/0101.htmlPatchVendor Advisorynvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1589ExploitPatchVendor Advisorynvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5100nvd
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