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| Vulnerability ID | VCID-ebta-6egd-nygb |
| Aliases |
CVE-2009-1490
|
| Summary | sendmail: long first header can overflow into message body |
| Status | Published |
| Exploitability | 2.0 |
| Weighted Severity | 0.2 |
| Risk | 0.4 |
| Affected and Fixed Packages | Package Details |
| There are no known CWE. |
| Reference id | Reference type | URL |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2009-1490.json | ||
| https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2009-1490 | ||
| https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1490 | ||
| 499252 | https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=499252 | |
| CVE-2009-1490;OSVDB-54669 | Exploit | https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/dos/32995.txt |
| CVE-2009-1490;OSVDB-54669 | Exploit | https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34944/info |
| Data source | Exploit-DB |
|---|---|
| Date added | May 27, 2009 |
| Description | Sendmail 8.12.x - 'X-header' Remote Heap Buffer Overflow (PoC) |
| Ransomware campaign use | Known |
| Source publication date | May 27, 2009 |
| Exploit type | dos |
| Platform | linux |
| Source update date | April 23, 2014 |
| Source URL | https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34944/info |
| Percentile | 0.90794 |
| EPSS Score | 0.06599 |
| Published At | Sept. 9, 2025, 12:55 p.m. |
| Date | Actor | Action | Source | VulnerableCode Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-31T11:28:48.784269+00:00 | RedHat Importer | Import | https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2009-1490.json | 37.0.0 |