# CVE-2002-2325: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can crash the IMAP client by sending a MIME email with an empty boundary field, requiring user interaction to view the message.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C`)
- **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:** No
- **Published:** 26 Oct 2007
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r8h8-frgh-vvhh

## What is CVE-2002-2325?

CVE-2002-2325 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Oct 2007. 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

The c-client library in Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) dated before 2002 RC2, as used by Pine 4.20 through 4.44, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client crash) via a MIME-encoded email with Content-Type header containing an empty boundary field.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-2325?

It affects 1 product.


Products: University of Washington Pine.

## How do I fix CVE-2002-2325?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-2325 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2002-2325 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2002-2325 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Pine 4.x - Empty MIME Boundary Denial of Service (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2000-0352](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-0352/): Command injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2000-0353](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-0353/): Command injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2003-0720](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0720/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2002-0014](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-0014/): Command injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2000-0909](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-0909/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2002-2325 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2002-2325 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Oct 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2002-2325 exists.

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-2002-2325/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-2325/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-2325
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-2325
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2002-2325

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