VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2001-0996
CVSS score6.4 NONE
EPSS probability1.69%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2001-09-02
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Description
POP3Lite before 0.2.4 does not properly quote a . (dot) in an email message, which could allow a remote attacker to append arbitrary text to the end of an email message, which could then be interpreted by various mail clients as valid POP server responses or other input that could cause clients to crash or otherwise behave unexpectedly.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108