CVE-2003-0298 describes a denial-of-service and potential arbitrary code execution vulnerability in the IMAP client of Mozilla versions 1.3 and 1.4a. This flaw allows a malicious IMAP server to exploit integer signedness or overflow errors by sending excessively large literal or mailbox size values. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.4:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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