CVE-2002-2325

Pine 4.20-4.44 - Denial of Service via Empty MIME Boundary Field

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2002-2325. PoCs published by Martin J. Muench.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing a DoS vulnerability in Pine mail client where a malformed MIME boundary causes a crash. No exploit code is provided, only a description of the attack vector.

Description

The c-client library in Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) dated before 2002 RC2, as used by Pine 4.20 through 4.44, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client crash) via a MIME-encoded email with Content-Type header containing an empty boundary field.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Martin J. Muench · textdosunix
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21644

This is a writeup describing a DoS vulnerability in Pine mail client where a malformed MIME boundary causes a crash. No exploit code is provided, only a description of the attack vector.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Pine (version not specified)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Ability to send an email to a Pine user
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5301
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/284086

Scores

EPSS 0.0346
EPSS Percentile 87.7%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (5)
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 31, 2002
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026