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CVE-2002-2338 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (The POP3 mail client in Mozilla 1.0 and earlier, and Netscap)

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.

CVE IDCVE-2002-2338
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score5.0
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWECWE-20
StatusModified
Published2002-12-31
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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