CVE-2000-0481 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in KDE Kmail allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via an attachment with a long file name.

Published: 2000-10-13

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:kde:k-mail:1.0.23:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:kde:k-mail:1.0.24:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:kde:k-mail:1.0.25:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:kde:k-mail:1.0.26:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:kde:k-mail:1.0.27:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:kde:k-mail:1.0.28:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:kde:k-mail:1.0.29:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:kde:k-mail:1.0.29.1:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2000-0480	Buffer overflow in KDE Kmail allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via an attachment with a long file name.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00806.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=82&date=2000-06-22&msg=00060200422401.01667%40lez
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1380
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4993

History

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Subscriptions

Kde K-mail

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2000-10-13T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:21:30.658Z

Reserved: 2000-07-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-0481

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1999-06-01T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2000-0481

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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