# CVE-2002-1765: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can crash the Evolution email client and consume memory by sending emails with malformed MIME headers.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 21 Jun 2005
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1765, GHSA-g942-9jhf-qjgc

## What is CVE-2002-1765?

CVE-2002-1765 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Jun 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Evolution 1.0.3 and 1.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) via an email with a malformed MIME header.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1765?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ximian Evolution.

## How do I fix CVE-2002-1765?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2002-1765 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1765 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2003-0296](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0296/): Integer overflow in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2005-0806](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-0806/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2002-1471](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-1471/): Security feature bypass in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2003-0128](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0128/): Memory corruption in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2003-0129](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0129/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 5.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2002-1765 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2002-1765 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Jun 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1765 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-1765/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-1765/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-1765
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1765
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2002-1765

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-1765/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.