Mozilla 1.3/1.4 IMAP Client integer coercion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla 1.3/1.4. It has been declared as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component IMAP Client. The manipulation results in integer coercion. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2003-0298. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla 1.3/1.4 (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown processing of the component IMAP Client. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer coercion vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-192. Integer coercion refers to a set of flaws pertaining to the type casting, extension, or truncation of primitive data types. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The IMAP Client for Mozilla 1.3 and 1.4a allows remote malicious IMAP servers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain large (1) literal and possibly (2) mailbox size values that cause either integer signedness errors or integer overflow errors.

The weakness was shared 06/16/2003 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2003-0298 since 05/14/2003. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

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

The entries VDB-20542, VDB-20545, VDB-20546 and VDB-20547 are related to this item. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Integer coercion
CWE: CWE-192 / CWE-189
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Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

05/14/2003 🔍
06/16/2003 +33 days 🔍
06/16/2003 +0 days 🔍
08/11/2014 +4074 days 🔍
01/31/2018 +1269 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-0298 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0298
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20544
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/12/2014 01:07
Updated: 01/31/2018 09:59
Changes: 08/12/2014 01:07 (47), 01/31/2018 09:59 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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