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CVE-2002-0889
Buffer overflow in Qpopper (popper) 4.0.4 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.29%
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- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in Qpopper (popper) 4.0.4 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long bulldir argument in the user's .qpopper-options configuration file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.29% · top 79% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- 20020428 QPopper 4.0.4 buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20020428 QPopper 4.0.4 buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULN-DEVx_transferred
- qpopper-bulldir-bo(8949) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 4614 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .