Vulnerability in Fetchmail
CVE-2001-1009
Fetchmail (aka fetchmail-ssl) before 5.8.17 allows a remote malicious (1) IMAP server or (2) POP/POP3 server to overwrite arbitrary memory and possibly gain privileges via a negative index number as part of a response to a LIST request.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.065 (93.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.065 · newest: 0.065 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Fetchmail — versions 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.5.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_026_fetchmail_txt.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-071 (vendor-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-103.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/3166 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-08/0118.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Exploit, Patch)
- distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/ (vendor-advisory)
- www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-072.php3 (vendor-advisory)
- www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-1555.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/3164 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/6965.php (vdb-entry)