Improper input validation in Mozilla
CVE-2002-2338
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.
Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.039 (89.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 89.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.039 · newest: 0.039 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla — versions 0.9.2, 0.9.2.1, 0.9.3
- Netscape Communicator — versions 4.0, 4.4, 4.5
- Netscape Navigator — versions 6.0, 6.01, 6.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276946 (mailing-list)
- online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276628 (mailing-list)
- www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/5002 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry)
- mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.0.1/security-fixes-1.0.1.html
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/9343.php (vdb-entry)