CVE-2002-2338 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 3.9% (pctl 90)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 3.88% — more likely to be exploited than 90% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2002-12-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| mozilla | mozilla |
| netscape | communicator |
| netscape | navigator |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Netscape 4.x/6.x / Mozilla 0.9.x - Malformed Email POP3 Denial of Service | 2002-06-12 |
References
- 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
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5002
- 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
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5002
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