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CVE-2002-0914 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (Double Precision Courier e-mail MTA allows remote attackers)

Double Precision Courier e-mail MTA allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a message with an extremely large or negative value for the year, which causes a tight loop.

CVE IDCVE-2002-0914
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score5.0
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2002-10-04
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionDouble Precision Courier e-mail MTA allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a message with an extremely large or negative value for the year, which causes a tight loop.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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