CVE-2003-0143

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2003-03-18 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Qualcomm Qpopper: 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104739841223916&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104748775900481&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104768137314397&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104792541215354&w=2
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-259
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_018_qpopper.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7058
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11516
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104739841223916&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104748775900481&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104768137314397&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104792541215354&w=2

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