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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2003-0264 in the critical feed json

Multiple buffer overflows in SLMail 5.1.0.4420 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long EHLO argument to slmail.exe…

published 2003-05-08 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2003-0259

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
71.9%
EPSS 71.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.4%
public exploits
5
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple buffer overflows in SLMail 5.1.0.4420 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long EHLO argument to slmail.exe, (2) a long XTRN argument to slmail.exe, (3) a long string to POPPASSWD, or (4) a long password to the POP3 server.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/pop3/seattlelab_pass)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

71.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.4% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/windows/pop3/seattlelab_pass Seattle Lab Mail 5.5 POP3 Buffer Overflow metasploit exploit, great rank, 2003-05-07
  • EDB-16399 Seattle Lab Mail (SLmail) 5.5 - POP3 'PASS' Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2010-04-30
  • EDB-646 Seattle Lab Mail (SLmail) 5.5 - POP3 'PASS' Remote Buffer Overflow (3) remote, 2004-12-22
  • EDB-643 Seattle Lab Mail (SLmail) 5.5 - POP3 'PASS' Remote Buffer Overflow (2) remote, 2004-12-21
  • EDB-638 Seattle Lab Mail (SLmail) 5.5 - POP3 'PASS' Remote Buffer Overflow (1) remote, 2004-11-18

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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