CVE-2002-1066 — Thomas Hauck Jana Server 1.4.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large message index value in a (1) RETR or (2) DELE command to the POP3 server, which exceeds the array limits and allows a buffer overflow attack

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Thomas Hauck Jana Server 1.4.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large message index value in a (1) RETR or (2) DELE command to the POP3 server, which exceeds the array limits and allows a buffer overflow attack

Published Aug 31, 2002

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 4.09%

Description

Thomas Hauck Jana Server 1.4.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large message index value in a (1) RETR or (2) DELE command to the POP3 server, which exceeds the array limits and allows a buffer overflow attack.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

4.09% 0.04092

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.04092

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (8 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	4.09% (0.04092)	90.41th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	4.09% (0.04092)	89.39th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	1.90% (0.01896)	82.01th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	3.72% (0.03720)	92.13th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	3.72% (0.03720)	90.36th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	4.29% (0.04291)	87.64th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	4.29% (0.04291)	86.39th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	4.29% (0.04291)	70.14th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-07/0329.html
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9689.php
vdb-entryx_refsource_XFPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5327
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-07/0329.html		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9689.php		vdb-entryx_refsource_XFPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5327		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Aug 31, 2002

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Aug 30, 2002

Link CVE-2002-1066

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2002-1066

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2002-1066