CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2002-0914

MEDIUMEPSS 74th pctl
5.0
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available
courierDebian
Fixed in:0.46CVE-2002-0914
Fixed in:0.46CVE-2002-0914
Fixed in:0.46CVE-2002-0914
Fixed in:0.46CVE-2002-0914

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

1.68%probability of exploitation in 30 days
74thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 74% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1
Vendor Advisory1
Other references2
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