CVE-2003-0852

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-11-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

Sylpheed: 0.9.4, 0.9.5, 0.9.6
Sylpheed-Claws: 0.9.4, 0.9.5, 0.9.6

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-October/012542.html
http://sylpheed.good-day.net/#changes
http://www.guninski.com/sylph.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8877
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13508
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-October/012542.html
http://sylpheed.good-day.net/#changes
http://www.guninski.com/sylph.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8877
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13508

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