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CVE-2002-2338

The POP3 mail client in Mozilla 1.0 and earlier, and Netscape Communicator 4.7 and earlier, allows remote attackers to c

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.07417
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  • EPSS percentile: top 8% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-20Improper Input Validation
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Affected Products & Versions

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mozillaall versions
netscape communicatorall versions
netscape navigatorall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

2
dosNetscape 4.x/6.x / Mozilla 0.9.x - Malformed Email POP3 Denial of Serviceverified
pocwww.securityfocus.com · 5002www.securityfocus.com
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Scoring & Timeline

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MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD31 Dec 2002 · 05:00 AM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144228
http://mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.0.1/security-fixes-1.0.1.html
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276628
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9343.php
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:074
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276946
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