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CVE-2002-1197

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-10-28 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

bugzilla_email_append.pl in Bugzilla 2.14.x before 2.14.4, and 2.16.x before 2.16.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in a system call to processmail.

Affected products

• Mozilla Bugzilla: 2.14, 2.14.1, 2.14.2, 2.14.3, 2.16

References

• http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163024
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103349804226566&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10234.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5844
• http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163024
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103349804226566&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10234.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5844

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