CVE-2002-2338
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.039 · 90 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-21539Netscape 4.x/6.x / Mozilla 0.9.x - Malformed Email POP3 Denial of Servicefunctional · exploit_db
affected products (34)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (14)
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- http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144228enisa_euvd
- http://mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.0.1/security-fixes-1.0.1.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276628enisa_euvd
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9343.phpenisa_euvd
- http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:074enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276946enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5002enisa_euvd
- http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144228nvd
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