David Harris Pegasus Mail up to 4.01 Header To/From memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in David Harris Pegasus Mail up to 4.01 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Header Handler. Performing a manipulation of the argument To/From results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2002-1075. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in David Harris Pegasus Mail up to 4.01. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Header Handler. The manipulation of the argument To/From with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in Pegasus mail client 4.01 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long (1) To or (2) From headers.

The weakness was disclosed 10/04/2002 by Auriemma Luigi (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2002-1075. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (9673), Exploit-DB (21648) and SecurityFocus (BID 5302†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

07/24/2002 🔍
10/04/2002 +72 days 🔍
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07/29/2014 +4316 days 🔍
07/04/2025 +3993 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Auriemma Luigi
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-1075 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1075
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18987
X-Force: 9673
SecurityFocus: 5302 - Pegasus Mail Message Header Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 07/29/2014 17:46
Updated: 07/04/2025 14:12
Changes: 07/29/2014 17:46 (53), 04/19/2019 06:19 (1), 06/29/2024 21:00 (17), 07/04/2025 14:12 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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