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CVE-2002-2325· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

The c-client library in Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) dated before 2002 RC2, as used by Pine 4.20 through 4.44, allows remote atta

The c-client library in Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) dated before 2002 RC2, as used by Pine 4.20 through 4.44, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client crash) via a MIME-encoded email with Content-Type header containing an empty boundary field.

HighCVSS 7.8 · v2.0—Proof of concept No fix recorded
Published
Dec 31, 2002
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
3.5% · 89th percentile
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Action score

32

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 3.5%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
university of washingtonpine

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • university of washington pine4.20
  • university of washington pine4.21
  • university of washington pine4.30
  • university of washington pine4.33
  • university of washington pine4.44

Same product

university of washington: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2000-0352Pine before version 4.21 does not properly filter shell metacharacters from URLs, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary command
    41Plan
  • CVE-2000-0353Pine 4.x allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands via an index.html file which executes lynx and obtains a uudecoded file from
    41Plan
  • CVE-2003-0720Buffer overflow in PINE before 4.58 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed message/external-body MIME type.
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2000-0909Buffer overflow in the automatic mail checking component of Pine 4.21 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via
    33Monitor
  • CVE-2002-0014URL-handling code in Pine 4.43 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a URL enclosed in single quotes and con
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2002-1320Pine 4.44 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (core dump and failed restart) via an email message with a From h
    23Monitor

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

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Evidence

  • Exploit-DB entry ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entrydos2002-07-24

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. First PoC-160 d
  2. Published
  3. TodaySep 30, 2026+8675 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
C · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
C

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

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References

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