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CVE-2002-23381 exploit

The POP3 mail client in Mozilla 1.0 and earlier, and Netscape Communicator 4.7 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of se…

Published 23 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
3.9%
percentile 90%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

The POP3 mail client in Mozilla 1.0 and earlier, and Netscape Communicator 4.7 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (no new mail) via a mail message containing a dot (.) at a newline, which is interpreted as the end of the message.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

3.88% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-21539 Netscape 4.x/6.x / Mozilla 0.9.x - Malformed Email POP3 Denial of Service · dos · 2002-06-12

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/276946 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • online.securityfocus.com /archive/1/276628 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • mandrakesoft.com /security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:074 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRAKE, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=144228 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/5002 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • mozilla.org /releases/mozilla1.0.1/security-fixes-1.0.1.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • iss.net /security_center/static/9343.php · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred

Sources

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