CVE-2002-1197
bugzilla_email_append.pl in Bugzilla 2.14.x before 2.14.4, and 2.16.x before 2.16.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in a system call to processmail.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.34%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
bugzilla_email_append.pl in Bugzilla 2.14.x before 2.14.4, and 2.16.x before 2.16.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in a system call to processmail.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.34% probability · 84th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- mozilla/bugzilla
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163024
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103349804226566&w=2
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10234.phpVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5844
- http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163024
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103349804226566&w=2
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10234.phpVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5844
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.