CVE-2001-1456: McAfee Webshield Smtp

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 5.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in the (1) smap/smapd and (2) CSMAP daemons for Gauntlet Firewall 5.0 through 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted mail message.

Affected products

• McAfee Webshield Smtp: version 4.0 only; version 4.1 only
• Network Associates Gauntlet Firewall: version 4.2 only; version unix_5.0 only; version unix_5.5 only; version unix_6.0 only
• Network Associates McAfee E-Ppliance: version 100_series only; version 120_series only
• Pgp E-Ppliance 300: version 1.0 only; version 1.5 only; version 2.0 only
• Sgi Irix: version 6.2 only; version 6.3 only; version 6.4 only; version 6.5 only

Published 2001-09-04. Last modified 2026-06-16.