CVE-2002-2338 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Mozilla and Netscape POP3 clients by sending emails with specific dot characters, preventing new mail retrieval.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2002-2338?
CVE-2002-2338 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mozilla Mozilla, published on 29 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 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.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-2338?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Mozilla Mozilla, Netscape Communicator, Netscape Navigator.
How do I fix CVE-2002-2338?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-2338 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2002-2338 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2002-2338 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Mozilla
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w6p5-vm5x-8m2m.