CVE-2004-1768
mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.021 · 82 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
The character converters in the Spamhunter and Language ID modules for Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam 6.0.1 before patch 132 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via messages with the ISO-8859-10 character set, which is not recognized by the converters.
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affected products (2)
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references (8)
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/13489enisa_euvd
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/697598enisa_euvd
- http://www.osvdb.org/12459enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18530enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13489PatchVendor Advisorynvd
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/697598PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resourcenvd
- http://www.osvdb.org/12459PatchVendor Advisorynvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18530nvd
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