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CVE-2002-2338

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
31/12/2002
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:0.9.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:0.9.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:0.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:0.9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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