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CVE-2003-0143: qualcomm qpopper

CVSS: 10.0v2.0HighModified
AliasesDSA-259
Published 01-09-2004Last modified 08-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2003-0143 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in qualcomm qpopper. EPSS estimates a 8.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
90/100
0100
Critical · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
10.0/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
8.60%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference, exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 01-09-2004
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The pop_msg function in qpopper 4.0.x before 4.0.5fc2 does not null terminate a message buffer after a call to Qvsnprintf, which could allow authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow in a mdef command with a long macro name.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

8.60%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 8.60% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
8.60%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databaseremotelinuxVerified

    Qpopper 4.0.x - Remote Memory Corruption

    Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • qpopper< 4.0.4-2.woody.3
Qualcomm1 product
  • qpopper4.0.1 | 4.0.2 | 4.0.3 | 4.0.4

2 vendors · 2 products

References

8 links