CVE-2000-0096: Buffer overflow in qpopper 3.0 beta versions allows local users to gain privileges via a long LIST command.
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 28/100)
- Public proof-of-concept code exists (Exploit-DB); there is no record of exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.50% (FIRST EPSS).
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
- Published
- Jan 26, 2000
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.5% · 43th percentile
- CWE
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Action score
28
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 28 / 40 · 7.2 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.5%
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| qualcomm | qpopper | cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:qpopper |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- qualcomm qpopper3.0
- qualcomm qpopper3.0beta1
- qualcomm qpopper3.0beta10
- qualcomm qpopper3.0beta11
- qualcomm qpopper3.0beta12
- qualcomm qpopper3.0beta13
- qualcomm qpopper3.0beta14
- qualcomm qpopper3.0beta15
+12 more rows
- qualcomm qpopper3.0beta16
- qualcomm qpopper3.0beta17
- qualcomm qpopper3.0beta18
- qualcomm qpopper3.0beta19
- qualcomm qpopper3.0beta2
- qualcomm qpopper3.0beta20
- qualcomm qpopper3.0beta21
- qualcomm qpopper3.0beta22
- qualcomm qpopper3.0beta23
- qualcomm qpopper3.0beta24
- qualcomm qpopper3.0beta25
- qualcomm qpopper3.0beta26
Same product
qualcomm: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2003-0143The 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…43Plan
- CVE-1999-0006Buffer overflow in POP servers based on BSD/Qualcomm's qpopper allows remote attackers to gain root access using a long PASS command.43Plan
- CVE-2001-1046Buffer overflow in qpopper (aka qpop or popper) 4.0 through 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a long username.41Plan
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-1999-0822Nov 30, 1999 · Buffer overflow in Qpopper (qpop) 3.0 allows remote root access via AUTH command.41Plan
- Later →CVE-2000-0320Apr 21, 2000 · Qpopper 2.53 and 3.0 does not properly identify the \n string which identifies the end of message text, which allows a remote attacker to…20Monitor
- Later →CVE-2000-0442May 24, 2000 · Qpopper 2.53 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a formatting string in the From: header, which is processed by the euidl…31Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
Proof of concept available
A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.
Evidence
- Exploit-DB entry ×1
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| Source | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB entry | remote | 2000-01-10 |
Research context
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Timeline
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- First PoC-16 d
- Published
- TodayNov 15, 2026+9790 d
Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- C · data can be read
- Integrity
- C · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- C · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- C
- Integrity impact
- C
- Availability impact
- C
Weakness class (CWE)
—
CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Change log (0)
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.