CVE Catalog

CVE-2003-0298

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The IMAP Client for Mozilla 1.3 and 1.4a allows remote malicious IMAP servers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain large literal and mailbox size values that cause either integer signedness errors or integer overflow errors.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may be exposed to attacks leading to denial of service and potential remote code execution, which could result in data loss or system takeover.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the IMAP client to the latest version to mitigate the risk associated with this vulnerability and to monitor network traffic for suspicious activities.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The IMAP Client for Mozilla 1.3 and 1.4a allows remote malicious IMAP servers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain large (1) literal and possibly (2) mailbox size values that cause either integer signedness errors or integer overflow errors.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS