CVE-2000-0016 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Internet Anywhere POP3 Mail Server, specifically affecting True North Software's Internet Anywhere Mail Server. This flaw allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary commands by submitting an excessively long username. While the CVSS score is 5.0 (MEDIUM) indicating a low-complexity network attack with partial availability impact, its FAUCET Risk Score is high at 80/100. There is no evidence of active exploitation, but public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and there is no significant community discussion or media coverage around this decades-old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:true_north:internet_anywhere_mail_server:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:true_north:internet_anywhere_mail_server:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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.