Qualcomm Eudora 6.0.3/6.1 on Windows MIME Message denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Qualcomm Eudora 6.0.3/6.1 on Windows. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component MIME Message Handler. This manipulation causes denial of service. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-1944. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Qualcomm Eudora 6.0.3/6.1 on Windows (Mail Client Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component MIME Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Eudora 6.1 and 6.0.3 for Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a deeply nested multipart MIME message.

The weakness was shared 04/14/2004 by Paul Szabo (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at lists.grok.org.uk. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-1944 since 05/04/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl. It is possible to download the exploit 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 (15857), Exploit-DB (24000), SecurityFocus (BID 10137†) and Secunia (SA11360†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: qualcomm.com

Advisory: lists.grok.org.uk
Researcher: Paul Szabo
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-1944 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1944
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21739
X-Force: 15857 - Eudora MIME message denial of service
SecurityFocus: 10137 - Qualcomm Eudora MIME Message Nesting Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 11360 - Eudora Nested MIME Message Denial of Service Vulnerability, Less Critical

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

Entryinfo

Created: 10/15/2014 18:03
Updated: 08/03/2025 14:50
Changes: 10/15/2014 18:03 (56), 01/21/2019 09:57 (8), 08/03/2025 14:50 (21)
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