CVE-2004-2520
POP3 protocol in Gattaca Server 2003 1.1.10.0 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a…
- 4.0MediumCVSS base score
- 3.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 11% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
POP3 protocol in Gattaca Server 2003 1.1.10.0 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large numeric value in the (1) LIST, (2) RETR, or (3) UIDL commands.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Gattaca Server 2003 POP3 - Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 24283dos, multiplepublished 15 Jul 2004Verified
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Timeline
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Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.3% · top 11% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- http://members.lycos.co.uk/r34ct/main/Gattaca%20Server%202003.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- gattaca-pop3-dos(16703) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 12071 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 10728 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.gattaca-server.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=gattaca_discussion%3Baction=display%3Bnum=1091194176%3Bstart=0#0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1010703 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 7925 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2004-2511 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2004-2520)Record last updated .