CVE-2004-0666 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Off-by-one error in the POP3_readmsg function in popclient 3.0b6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an e-mail message with a certain line length, which leads to a buffer overflow.

Published: 2004-07-13

Score: 7.5 High

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 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:popclient:popclient:3.0_b6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2004-0665	Off-by-one error in the POP3_readmsg function in popclient 3.0b6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an e-mail message with a certain line length, which leads to a buffer overflow.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00994.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-June/023147.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108852915403293&w=2
http://www.grok.org.uk/advisories/popclient.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10625
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16538

History

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Subscriptions

Popclient Popclient

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-07-13T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:24:27.047Z

Reserved: 2004-07-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-0666

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-08-06T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:06:07.407

Link: CVE-2004-0666

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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