CVE-2000-0319

Medium CVSS 5

Published 2000-04-23 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0319, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

mail.local in Sendmail 8.10.x does not properly identify the .\n string which identifies the end of message text, which allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service or corrupt mailboxes via a message line that is 2047 characters long and ends in .\n.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0319

CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P