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TI-2002-01497 Aliases CVE-2002-1575GHSA-98v6-784f-9j89

cgiemail allows remote attackers to use cgiemail as a spam proxy via CRLF injection of…

Priority LOW 26Published · Updated

Key facts

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

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

Summary

cgiemail allows remote attackers to use cgiemail as a spam proxy via CRLF injection of encoded newline (%0a) characters in parameters such as "required-subject," which can be used to modify the CC, BCC, and other header fields in the generated email message.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01387 72nd 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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mit:cgiemail:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.6Vulnerablemoos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:cgiemail:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.6 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2002-1575
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-98v6-784f-9j89

References

  • TI-2002-01573 Buffer overflow in cgicso.c for cgiemail 1.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5

Sources