Vulnerability Report

CVE-2002-2325

Title: IMAP c-client MIME-encoded email with empty boundary crash DoS

Denial of Service

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2002-2325

CWE Category CWE-20

Published Date Dec 31, 2002

Modified Date Apr 03, 2025

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.8 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

6.26%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2002-2325: 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.

Impacted Vendors

university_of_washington 1

washington 1

Reference Links

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/284086 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9668.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5301 http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/284086 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9668.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5301

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2002-2325 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21644

View Code

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 31, 2002 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.