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CVE-2004-0666
Off-by-one error in the POP3_readmsg function in popclient 3.0b6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash)…
High7.5EPSS 1.7%
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- mitre
Description
Off-by-one error in the POP3_readmsg function in popclient 3.0b6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an e-mail message with a certain line length, which leads to a buffer overflow.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 22% 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: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- 20040629 DoS in popclient 3.0b6 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 10625 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.grok.org.uk/advisories/popclient.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- popclient-pop3readmsg-offbyone-bo(16538) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20040629 DoS in popclient 3.0b6 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- 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 .