{
    "id": "CVE-2002-2338",
    "published": "2002-12-31 05:00:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:01:07",
    "cvss_score": "5.0",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
    "cwe": "CWE-20",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.03880",
    "epss_percentile": "0.89910",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-04 18:17:03",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "mozilla",
            "product": "mozilla"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "netscape",
            "product": "communicator"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "netscape",
            "product": "navigator"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "21539",
            "title": "Netscape 4.x/6.x / Mozilla 0.9.x - Malformed Email POP3 Denial of Service",
            "date": "2002-06-12",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21539"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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"
    ]
}