Buffer overflow in the automatic mail checking component of Pine 4.21 and earlier allows…
Priority MEDIUM 46Published · 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
- Partial · Partial · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Buffer overflow in the automatic mail checking component of Pine 4.21 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long From: header.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.11504 96th 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 3
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:pine:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.0.4 | Vulnerable | University Of Washington |
| cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:pine:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.10 | Vulnerable | University Of Washington |
| cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:pine:4.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.21 | Vulnerable | University Of Washington |
- cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:pine:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.4 Vulnerable ·University Of Washington
- cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:pine:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.10 Vulnerable ·University Of Washington
- cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:pine:4.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.21 Vulnerable ·University Of Washington
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2000-0909
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xj5j-r9hq-fwq7
References
Advisory 2
More University Of Washington Pine vulnerabilities
- TI-2000-00353 Pine 4.x allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands via an index.html file… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2000-00352 Pine before version 4.21 does not properly filter shell metacharacters from URLs, which… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2003-00664 Buffer overflow in PINE before 4.58 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2002-02237 The c-client library in Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) dated before 2002 RC2, as… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2003-00278 c-client IMAP Client, as used in imap-2002b and Pine 4.53, allows remote malicious IMAP… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2000-00837 Buffer overflow in University of Washington c-client library (used by pine and other… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2000-0909 · CVE Program
- CVE-2000-0909 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xj5j-r9hq-fwq7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2000-0909 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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