CVE-2001-0442

HIGH 7.5CVE-2001-0442 · Published 27/06/2001 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2001-0442 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting mercury nlm (david harris).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 5.3%, higher than 92.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
mercury nlm david_harris	`= 1.45= 1.46= 1.47`	No fix yet

Description

Buffer overflow in Mercury MTA POP3 server for NetWare 1.48 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long APOP command.

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0378.html · Vendor Advisory
online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/179217
iss.net/security_center/static/6444.php
securityfocus.com/bid/2641 · Patch

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