The IMAP Client for Sylpheed 0.8.11 allows remote malicious IMAP servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain large literal size values that cause either integer signedness errors or integer overflow errors.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2003-0300 is rated Moderate Risk (45/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.84%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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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 | 2025-03-30 | 1.25% | 0.84% | -0.41% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 0.84% | 1.25% | +0.41% |
| 3 | 2025-03-25 | — | 0.84% | — |
Full EPSS history (9 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | outlook_express | 6.00.2800.1106 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:6.00.2800.1106:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | mozilla | 1.3 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | mozilla | 1.4 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.4:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mutt | mutt | 1.4.1 | cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| qualcomm | eudora | 5.2.1 | cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:eudora:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| stuart_parmenter | balsa | 2.0.10 | cpe:2.3:a:stuart_parmenter:balsa:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sylpheed | sylpheed_email_client | 0.8.11 | cpe:2.3:a:sylpheed:sylpheed_email_client:0.8.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| university_of_washington | pine | 4.53 | cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:pine:4.53:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| ximian | evolution | 1.2.4 | cpe:2.3:a:ximian:evolution:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |