{
    "id": "CVE-2009-1490",
    "published": "2009-05-05 19:30:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:07:22",
    "cvss_score": "5.0",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
    "cwe": "CWE-119",
    "description": "Heap-based buffer overflow in Sendmail before 8.13.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long X- header, as demonstrated by an X-Testing header.",
    "epss_score": "0.12614",
    "epss_percentile": "0.96113",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-27 18:17:08",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "sendmail",
            "product": "sendmail"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "32995",
            "title": "Sendmail 8.12.x - 'X-header' Remote Heap Buffer Overflow (PoC)",
            "date": "2009-05-27",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32995"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://www.nmrc.org/~thegnome/blog/apr09/",
        "http://www.sendmail.org/releases/8.13.2",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50355",
        "http://www.nmrc.org/~thegnome/blog/apr09/",
        "http://www.sendmail.org/releases/8.13.2",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50355"
    ]
}