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CVE-2002-2338

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2002-12-31 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The POP3 mail client in Mozilla 1.0 and earlier, and Netscape Communicator 4.7 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (no new mail) via a mail message containing a dot (.) at a newline, which is interpreted as the end of the message.

Affected Platforms

Netscape CommunicatorMozilla MozillaNetscape Navigator

Weakness Type

CWE-20

References