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CVE-2002-0914: double_precision_incorporated courier_mta

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2002-0914
Published 02-04-2003Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2002-0914 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in double_precision_incorporated courier_mta. EPSS estimates a 1.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
20/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.68%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 02-04-2003
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Double Precision Courier e-mail MTA allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a message with an extremely large or negative value for the year, which causes a tight loop.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.68%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

77%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.68% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.68%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • courier< 0.46
Double_precision_incorporated1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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