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CVE-2009-1490

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 12.6%EU EUVD

Heap-based buffer overflow in Sendmail before 8.13.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long X- header, as demonstrated by an X-Testing header.

Key facts

CVSS score
5.0 (v2.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-119
EPSS score
12.6% (96th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2009-1487)
Published
May 5, 2009
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1487 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • sendmail / sendmail
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References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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