What is the severity of CVE-2003-0297?

CVE-2003-0297 is classified as a moderate severity vulnerability due to its potential for denial of service and arbitrary code execution.

How do I fix CVE-2003-0297?

To fix CVE-2003-0297, upgrade to a patched version of the affected software, such as a newer version of IMAP or Pine.

What software is affected by CVE-2003-0297?

CVE-2003-0297 affects University of Washington IMAP 2002b, c-client, and Pine version 4.53.

What types of attacks can exploit CVE-2003-0297?

CVE-2003-0297 can be exploited by remote malicious IMAP servers delivering specially crafted large literal and mailbox size values.

What are the consequences of CVE-2003-0297?

The consequences of CVE-2003-0297 include crashes of the IMAP client and the potential execution of arbitrary code on the user's system.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2003-0297

high

7.5

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other 190

15/5/2003

8/8/2024

CVE-2003-0297: Integer Overflow

First published: Thu May 15 2003(Updated: )

c-client IMAP Client, as used in imap-2002b and Pine 4.53, allows remote malicious IMAP servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain large (1) literal and (2) mailbox size values that cause either integer signedness errors or integer overflow errors.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
University of Washington IMAP
University of Washington c-client
University of Washington PINE	=4.53

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2003-0297?
CVE-2003-0297 is classified as a moderate severity vulnerability due to its potential for denial of service and arbitrary code execution.
How do I fix CVE-2003-0297?
To fix CVE-2003-0297, upgrade to a patched version of the affected software, such as a newer version of IMAP or Pine.
What software is affected by CVE-2003-0297?
CVE-2003-0297 affects University of Washington IMAP 2002b, c-client, and Pine version 4.53.
What types of attacks can exploit CVE-2003-0297?
CVE-2003-0297 can be exploited by remote malicious IMAP servers delivering specially crafted large literal and mailbox size values.
What are the consequences of CVE-2003-0297?
The consequences of CVE-2003-0297 include crashes of the IMAP client and the potential execution of arbitrary code on the user's system.

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