Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2002-0454. PoCs published by Jonas Frey.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a denial of service vulnerability in Qualcomm's QPopper by sending a string longer than 2048 characters to the POP3 server on port 110, causing the service to crash.
Description
Qpopper (aka in.qpopper or popper) 4.0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a very large string, which causes an infinite loop.
Exploits (1)
exploitdb
WORKING POC
VERIFIED
by Jonas Frey · textdosunix
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21345
This exploit demonstrates a denial of service vulnerability in Qualcomm's QPopper by sending a string longer than 2048 characters to the POP3 server on port 110, causing the service to crash.
Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target:
Qualcomm QPopper (versions affected by CVE-2002-0454)
No auth needed
Prerequisites:
Network access to the target POP3 server (port 110)
MITRE ATT&CK
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026
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References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/262213
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4295
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8458.php
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
ftp://ftp.qualcomm.com/eudora/servers/unix/popper/qpopper4.0.4.tar.gz
Scores
EPSS
0.0518
EPSS Percentile
91.4%
Details
Status
published
Products (4)
qualcomm/qpopper
4.0
qualcomm/qpopper
4.0.1
qualcomm/qpopper
4.0.2
qualcomm/qpopper
4.0.3
Published
Aug 12, 2002
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026