CVE-2002-1347 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Cyrus SASL library versions 2.1.9 and earlier, impacting products like Apple macOS and Cyrus IMAP. These flaws allow remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code through long usernames, specific characters during LDAP authentication, or an off-by-one error in the log writer. With a critical CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not in the KEV catalog, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.1.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cyrusimap:cyrus_sasl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 10.3.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 10.3.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.