CVE-2002-2338

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 None
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2002-2338
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2002-12-31T05:00:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2008-09-05T20:32:57
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:0.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:0.9.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:0.9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:0.9.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:0.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:0.9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.07:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.08:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.72:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.73:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.74:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.07:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.75:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.76:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.08:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.77:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:navigator:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:navigator:6.0:*:mac:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.72:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:navigator:6.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.73:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:navigator:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.74:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:navigator:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.75:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:navigator:6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.76:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:navigator:6.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.77:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:navigator:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:navigator:6.0:*:mac:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:navigator:6.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:navigator:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:navigator:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:navigator:6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:navigator:6.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276628
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276946
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144228
http://mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.0.1/security-fixes-1.0.1.html
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:074
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5002 Exploit Patch
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9343.php
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-2338
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2002-2338
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 11:30:45 Added to TrackCVE