CVEvulnerability

CVE-2005-0893

7.6 HIGH Published 2005-05-02 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2005-05-02
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.6 HIGH — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

modes.c in smail 3.2.0.120 implements signal handlers with certain unsafe library calls, which may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via signal handler race conditions, possibly using xmalloc.

Affected configurations

• smail smail 3.2.0.120

Related

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-479 Signal Handler Use of a Non-reentrant Function weakness

References