CVE-2024-24736
Description
YahooPOPs! 1.6 POP3 service crashes and reboots when sent a long string to TCP port 110, enabling remote denial of service.
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YahooPOPs! 1.6 POP3 service crashes and reboots when sent a long string to TCP port 110, enabling remote denial of service.
Vulnerability
The POP3 service in YahooPOPs (YPOPs!) version 1.6 contains a vulnerability where sending a long string to TCP port 110 causes a denial of service (reboot). The issue is related to CVE-2004-1558 [1].
Exploitation
An attacker can trigger the denial of service by connecting to TCP port 110 and sending a long string. No authentication or special privileges are required; the attacker only needs network access to the vulnerable service.
Impact
Successful exploitation causes the YahooPOPs service or system to reboot, resulting in a denial of service. The impact is limited to availability, with no data compromise or privilege escalation reported.
Mitigation
No official patch or mitigation is disclosed in the available reference. Users should consider disabling the POP3 service or restricting network access to port 110 as a workaround until a fix is available [1].
AI Insight generated on May 25, 2026. Synthesized from this CVE's description and the cited reference URLs; citations are validated against the source bundle.
Affected products
2- YahooPOPs/YPOPs!description
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
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