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TI-2000-00481 Aliases CVE-2000-0481GHSA-ccxh-933v-rq23

Buffer overflow in KDE Kmail allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via an…

Priority LOW 27Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Buffer overflow in KDE Kmail allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via an attachment with a long file name.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0186 79th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 8

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:kde:k-mail:1.0.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.23VulnerableKDE
cpe:2.3:a:kde:k-mail:1.0.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.24VulnerableKDE
cpe:2.3:a:kde:k-mail:1.0.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.25VulnerableKDE
cpe:2.3:a:kde:k-mail:1.0.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.26VulnerableKDE
cpe:2.3:a:kde:k-mail:1.0.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.27VulnerableKDE
cpe:2.3:a:kde:k-mail:1.0.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.28VulnerableKDE
cpe:2.3:a:kde:k-mail:1.0.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.29VulnerableKDE
cpe:2.3:a:kde:k-mail:1.0.29.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.29.1VulnerableKDE
  • cpe:2.3:a:kde:k-mail:1.0.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.23 Vulnerable ·KDE
  • cpe:2.3:a:kde:k-mail:1.0.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.24 Vulnerable ·KDE
  • cpe:2.3:a:kde:k-mail:1.0.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.25 Vulnerable ·KDE
  • cpe:2.3:a:kde:k-mail:1.0.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.26 Vulnerable ·KDE
  • cpe:2.3:a:kde:k-mail:1.0.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.27 Vulnerable ·KDE
  • cpe:2.3:a:kde:k-mail:1.0.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.28 Vulnerable ·KDE
  • cpe:2.3:a:kde:k-mail:1.0.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.29 Vulnerable ·KDE
  • cpe:2.3:a:kde:k-mail:1.0.29.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.29.1 Vulnerable ·KDE

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2000-0481
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-ccxh-933v-rq23

References

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  • TI-2007-01228 KMail 1.9.5 and earlier does not properly use the --status-fd argument when invoking… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2002-00331 Kmail 1.2 on KDE 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-1999-00685 KDE K-Mail allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack in temporary user directories. CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.6
  • TI-2006-06880 Kmail 1.9.1 on KDE 3.5.2, with "Prefer HTML to Plain Text" enabled, allows remote… CVSS 2.0LOW 2.6

Sources

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