CVE-2002-0454 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 5.2% (pctl 92)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Qpopper (aka in.qpopper or popper) 4.0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a very large string, which causes an infinite loop.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 5.18% — more likely to be exploited than 92% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2002-08-12 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| qualcomm | qpopper |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Qualcomm QPopper 4.0.x - Remote Denial of Service | 2002-03-15 |
References
- ftp://ftp.qualcomm.com/eudora/servers/unix/popper/qpopper4.0.4.tar.gz
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8458.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/262213
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4295
- ftp://ftp.qualcomm.com/eudora/servers/unix/popper/qpopper4.0.4.tar.gz
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8458.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/262213
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4295
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