CVE-2000-0909 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the automatic mail checking component of Pine versions 4.21 and earlier, impacting the University of Washington's Pine email client. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.5) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by sending a specially crafted, long "From:" header. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an ExploitDB entry exists, indicating proof-of-concept code is publicly available, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:pine:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:pine:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:pine:4.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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