CVE-2003-0143 EXPLOIT
10.0
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 8.6% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The pop_msg function in qpopper 4.0.x before 4.0.5fc2 does not null terminate a message buffer after a call to Qvsnprintf, which could allow authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow in a mdef command with a long macro name.
Scoring
| CVSS | 10.0 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 8.6% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2003-03-18 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| qualcomm | qpopper |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Qpopper 4.0.x - Remote Memory Corruption | 2003-03-10 |
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104739841223916&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104748775900481&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104768137314397&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104792541215354&w=2
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-259
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_018_qpopper.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7058
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11516
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104739841223916&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104748775900481&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104768137314397&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104792541215354&w=2
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-259
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_018_qpopper.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7058
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11516
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