{"cve":"CVE-2001-0996","nvd":{"published":"2001-09-02T04:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T21:55:22.850","status":"Modified","description":"POP3Lite before 0.2.4 does not properly quote a . (dot) in an email message, which could allow a remote attacker to append arbitrary text to the end of an email message, which could then be interpreted by various mail clients as valid POP server responses or other input that could cause clients to crash or otherwise behave unexpectedly.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-08/0436.html","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3278","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7075","http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-08/0436.html","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3278"],"products":["pop3lite:pop3lite"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:33:02.361923049+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2001-0996","score":0.01694,"percentile":0.7713,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}