CVE-2002-1073: Atrium Software Mercur Mailserver

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 5.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in the control service for MERCUR Mailserver 4.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long password.

Affected products

• Atrium Software Mercur Mailserver: version 3.3 only; version 3.3_sp1 only; version 3.3_sp2 only; version 4.1 only; version 4.1_sp1 only; version 4.2 only

Published 2002-10-04. Last modified 2026-06-16.