TI-2001-00687 Aliases CVE-2001-0714 GHSA-rm6x-wjmr-jf9q

Sendmail before 8.12.1, without the RestrictQueueRun option enabled, allows local users…

LOW 11Published 2001-10-12 · Updated 2024-08-08

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · Partial
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Sendmail before 8.12.1, without the RestrictQueueRun option enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (data loss) by (1) setting a high initial message hop count option (-h), which causes Sendmail to drop queue entries, (2) via the -qR option, or (3) via the -qS option.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00286 21st percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail::::::::	up to 8.12.1	Vulnerable	Sendmail

cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 8.12.1 Vulnerable ·Sendmail

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2001-0714
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rm6x-wjmr-jf9q

References

Patch 1

20011001 Multiple Local Sendmail Vulnerabilities

TI-2002-01263 Buffer overflow in Sendmail 5.79 to 8.12.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2003-00642 The prescan function in Sendmail 8.12.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2003-00154 The prescan() function in the address parser (parseaddr.c) in Sendmail before 8.12.9 does… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2006-00053 Signal handler race condition in Sendmail 8.13.x before 8.13.6 allows remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.6
TI-2003-00632 A "potential buffer overflow in ruleset parsing" for Sendmail 8.12.9, when using the… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2006-04282 Use-after-free vulnerability in Sendmail before 8.13.8 allows remote attackers to cause a… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5

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Sources

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