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TI-2002-00439 Aliases CVE-2002-0454GHSA-2qr7-p7rq-8mx9

Qpopper (aka in.qpopper or popper) 4.0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a…

Priority LOW 31Published · 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

Qpopper (aka in.qpopper or popper) 4.0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a very large string, which causes an infinite loop.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.05178 92nd 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 · 4

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:qpopper:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0VulnerableQualcomm
cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:qpopper:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.1VulnerableQualcomm
cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:qpopper:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.2VulnerableQualcomm
cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:qpopper:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.3VulnerableQualcomm
  • cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:qpopper:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·Qualcomm
  • cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:qpopper:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.1 Vulnerable ·Qualcomm
  • cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:qpopper:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.2 Vulnerable ·Qualcomm
  • cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:qpopper:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.3 Vulnerable ·Qualcomm

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2002-0454
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2qr7-p7rq-8mx9

References

  • TI-1999-00006 Buffer overflow in POP servers based on BSD/Qualcomm's qpopper allows remote attackers to… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2003-00138 The pop_msg function in qpopper 4.0.x before 4.0.5fc2 does not null terminate a message… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-1999-00772 Buffer overflow in Qpopper (qpop) 3.0 allows remote root access via AUTH command. CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2001-01001 Buffer overflow in qpopper (aka qpop or popper) 4.0 through 4.0.2 allows remote attackers… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2000-00442 Qpopper 2.53 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a formatting string in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2000-00096 Buffer overflow in qpopper 3.0 beta versions allows local users to gain privileges via a long LIST command. CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
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