# CVE-2003-0128: The try\_uudecoding function in mail-format.c for Ximian Evolution Mail User Agent 1.2.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denia

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2003-03-21 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The try_uudecoding function in mail-format.c for Ximian Evolution Mail User Agent 1.2.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malicious uuencoded (UUE) header, possibly triggering a heap-based buffer overflow.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200303-18.xml
- http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=309&idxseccion=10
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:045
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0141.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104826470527308&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7117
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000648
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-108.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A107
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/22370

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