Description
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.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Pegasus Mail 4.0 1 - Message Header Buffer Overflow EDB-21648 · remote · Jul 24, 2002 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- pegasus-message-header-bo(9673) vdb-entry
- 20020724 Pegasus mail DoS mailing-list
- 5302 vdb-entry