Executive Summary

CVE-2000-0931 exposes a buffer overflow in Pegasus Mail 3.11 that allows remote attackers to send a specially crafted long email containing binary data. The flaw can trigger a denial‑of‑service and, in some configurations, lead to arbitrary command execution. The vulnerability is not currently listed in the CISA KEV database.

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Authoritative CVE Metadata - CVSS Base Score: 7.5 (HIGH) - Published: 2000-12-19T05:00:00.000 - Last Modified: 2026-09-25T17:10:00.133

Original Description: 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.

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