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TI-2004-01644 Aliases CVE-2004-1768GHSA-8gp2-v2vm-xr7x

The character converters in the Spamhunter and Language ID modules for Symantec…

Priority LOW 27Published · 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 · None · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

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

Summary

The character converters in the Spamhunter and Language ID modules for Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam 6.0.1 before patch 132 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via messages with the ISO-8859-10 character set, which is not recognized by the converters.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02111 81st 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:symantec:brightmail_antispam:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0.1VulnerableSymantec
  • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:brightmail_antispam:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0.1 Vulnerable ·Symantec

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2004-1768
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8gp2-v2vm-xr7x

References

Patch 2

  • TI-2005-00215 Heap-based buffer overflow in the DEC2EXE module for Symantec AntiVirus Library allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2007-00434 Heap-based buffer overflow in the Decomposer component in multiple Symantec products… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2007-03589 The Decomposer component in multiple Symantec products allows remote attackers to cause a… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2006-03889 Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam (SBAS)… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.6
  • TI-2005-01768 Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam before 6.0.2 has a hard-coded database administrator… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2005-04425 Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam 6.0 build 1 and 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
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Sources

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