CVE-2006-1520

critical

Description

Format string vulnerability in ANSI C Sender Policy Framework library (libspf) before 1.0.0-p5, when debugging is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers, possibly in an e-mail address.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26535

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1846

http://www.libspf.org/index.html

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/spf/devel/27053?page=last

http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.mail.spam.spf.devel/849

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-05-22

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01221