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TI-2001-00952 Aliases CVE-2001-0996GHSA-rhfh-mf7v-c4hp

POP3Lite before 0.2.4 does not properly quote a .

Priority LOW 32Published · 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 · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

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

Summary

POP3Lite before 0.2.4 does not properly quote a . (dot) in an email message, which could allow a remote attacker to append arbitrary text to the end of an email message, which could then be interpreted by various mail clients as valid POP server responses or other input that could cause clients to crash or otherwise behave unexpectedly.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01694 77th 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 · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:pop3lite:pop3lite:0.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.2.3VulnerablePop3lite
cpe:2.3:a:pop3lite:pop3lite:0.2.3b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.2.3bVulnerablePop3lite
  • cpe:2.3:a:pop3lite:pop3lite:0.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.2.3 Vulnerable ·Pop3lite
  • cpe:2.3:a:pop3lite:pop3lite:0.2.3b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.2.3b Vulnerable ·Pop3lite

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2001-0996
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rhfh-mf7v-c4hp

References

Advisory 1

Sources

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