CVE-2002-0914

high

Description

Double Precision Courier e-mail MTA allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a message with an extremely large or negative value for the year, which causes a tight loop.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4908

http://www.osvdb.org/5052

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9228.php

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=93065

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2002-10-04

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00763