CVE-2004-0666

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-08-06 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Popclient: 3.0_b6

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-June/023147.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108852915403293&w=2
http://www.grok.org.uk/advisories/popclient.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10625
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16538
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-June/023147.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108852915403293&w=2
http://www.grok.org.uk/advisories/popclient.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10625
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16538

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