CVE-2001-1542: Network Associates Webshield Smtp

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

NAI WebShield SMTP 4.5 and possibly 4.5 MR1a does not filter improperly MIME encoded email attachments, which could allow remote attackers to bypass filtering and possibly execute arbitrary code in email clients that process the invalid attachments.

Affected products

• Network Associates Webshield Smtp: version 4.5 only; version 4.5_mr1a only

Published 2001-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.