7.5High
David Harris Pegasus Mail
CVE-2000-0931
Buffer overflow in Pegasus Mail 3.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary commands via a long email message containing binary data.
What this means for your business
- It affects David Harris Pegasus Mail. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run David Harris Pegasus Mail, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Assigned by
- cve@mitre.org
Dates
- Published
- 2000-12-19
- Last modified
- 2026-09-25
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- David Harris Pegasus Mail3.11
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.