CVE-2019-12420

medium
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
5.5

Description

In Apache SpamAssassin before 3.4.3, a message can be crafted in a way to use excessive resources. Upgrading to SA 3.4.3 as soon as possible is the recommended fix but details will not be shared publicly.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-12420

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12420.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed3.4.3-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed3.4.3~rc6-1
debian debianbullseyefixed3.4.3~rc6-1
debian debianforkyfixed3.4.3~rc6-1
debian debiansidfixed3.4.3~rc6-1
debian debiantrixiefixed3.4.3~rc6-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.