CVE-2003-0299

The IMAP Client, as used in mutt 1.4.1 and Balsa 2.0.10, allows remote malicious IMAP servers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain large mailbox size values that cause either integer signedness errors or integer overflow errors.

Published: 2003-06-16 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-0299 is rated Moderate Risk (59/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.10%). EPSS rose +1.21% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0299

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 2026-06-15 0.89% 2.10% +1.21%
2 2025-03-30 1.83% 0.89% -0.94%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.83% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0299

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-0299

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0299

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mutt mutt 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
stuart_parmenter balsa 2.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:stuart_parmenter:balsa:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0299

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