CVE-2002-1588 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Mailtool in OpenWindows versions 3.6, 3.6.1, and 3.6.2. A remote attacker can exploit this by sending a specially crafted mail attachment, causing Mailtool to crash due to a segmentation violation. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity. It is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and requires no authentication, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, suggesting a low level of public attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sun:openwindows:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sun:openwindows:3.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sun:openwindows:3.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.