CVE-2002-2338

CVE Database · CVE-2002-2338

CVE-2002-2338

· N/AModified

CVSS v3.1

N/A

EPSS

3.54%

Published

Dec 31, 2002

Modified

Apr 15, 2026

Public PoC / Exploit (1)

All weaponized →

Exploit-DBNetscape 4.x/6.x / Mozilla 0.9.x - Malformed Email POP3 Denial of Service

Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.

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.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

Affected Products (36)

mozilla · mozillavulnerable

· mozilla

References (14)

http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144228

http://mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.0.1/security-fixes-1.0.1.html

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276628

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9343.php

http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:074

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276946

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5002

ExploitPatch

http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144228

http://mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.0.1/security-fixes-1.0.1.html

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276628

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