CVE-2003-0143

high

Description

The pop_msg function in qpopper 4.0.x before 4.0.5fc2 does not null terminate a message buffer after a call to Qvsnprintf, which could allow authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow in a mdef command with a long macro name.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11516

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_018_qpopper.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-259

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104792541215354&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104768137314397&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104748775900481&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104739841223916&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2003-03-18

Updated: 2025-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.12832