CVE-2002-1320

Pine <= 4.44 - Denial of Service via Malformed From Header

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2002-1320. PoCs published by lsjoberg.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a heap corruption vulnerability in Pine when parsing a malformed 'From:' address in an email. The crafted address causes Pine to crash, potentially allowing arbitrary code execution.

Description

Pine 4.44 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (core dump and failed restart) via an email message with a From header that contains a large number of quotation marks (").

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by lsjoberg · textdoslinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21985

This exploit leverages a heap corruption vulnerability in Pine when parsing a malformed 'From:' address in an email. The crafted address causes Pine to crash, potentially allowing arbitrary code execution.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Pine (version not specified)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to send an email to a target using Pine
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (10)

Core 10
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-270.html
Various Sources vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandrake
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-084.php
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10555.php
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6120
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103668430620531&w=2
Various Sources vendor-advisory x_refsource_engarde
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/engarde_advisory-2614.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_046_pine.html
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-271.html
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103884988306241&w=2
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_conectiva
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000551

Scores

EPSS 0.0962
EPSS Percentile 94.9%

Details

Status published
Products (9)
university_of_washington/pine 3.98
university_of_washington/pine 4.0.2
university_of_washington/pine 4.0.4
university_of_washington/pine 4.10
university_of_washington/pine 4.20
university_of_washington/pine 4.21
university_of_washington/pine 4.30
university_of_washington/pine 4.33
university_of_washington/pine 4.44
Published Dec 11, 2002
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026