CVE-2000-0738: Network Associates Webshield Smtp

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

WebShield SMTP 4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending e-mail with a From: address that has a . (period) at the end, which causes WebShield to continuously send itself copies of the e-mail.

Affected products

• Network Associates Webshield Smtp: version 4.5 only

Published 2000-10-20. Last modified 2026-06-16.