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.
Published: 2007-10-29
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 7.4% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2002-2316 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.
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Mozilla Mozilla
Netscape Communicator Navigator
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T20:06:54.208Z

Reserved: 2007-10-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-2338

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-12-31T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2002-2338

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