CVE-2002-2325

Exp

The c-client library in Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) dated before 2002 RC2, as used by Pine 4.20 through 4.44, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client crash) via a MIME-encoded email with Content-Type header containing an empty boundary field.

Published: 2002-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-2325 is rated High Exploit Risk (81.2/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.26%, 91th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.17% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-2325

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21644 exploit_db edb 2002-07-24 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-2325

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-29 3.09% 6.26% +3.17%
2 2025-11-20 2.84% 3.09% +0.25%
3 2025-10-17 — 2.84% —

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-2325

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-2325

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-2325

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
university_of_washington pine 4.20 cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:pine:4.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
university_of_washington pine 4.21 cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:pine:4.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
university_of_washington pine 4.30 cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:pine:4.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
university_of_washington pine 4.33 cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:pine:4.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
university_of_washington pine 4.44 cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:pine:4.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-2325

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