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CVE-2001-0996

nvd nist
Published: Sep 2, 2001Modified: Apr 16, 2026

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6.4
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 4.9
Source: NVD

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.

Affected (2)

Products: Pop3lite: Pop3lite
1 product
Pop3lite
Configuration A
2 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Pop3lite
Version 0.2.3
Version 0.2.3b

References (6)

Source: cve@mitre.org
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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