CVE-2002-0889 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in Qpopper (popper) version 4.0.4 and earlier. This flaw allows local users to trigger a denial of service and potentially execute arbitrary code by supplying an excessively long 'bulldir' argument within their .qpopper-options configuration file. With a CVSS score of 4.6, it is a low-severity vulnerability requiring local access (AV:L) with low attack complexity (AC:L), and could lead to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts (C:P/I:P/A:P). There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, though it has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:qpopper:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:qpopper:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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.