Buffer overflow in Fetchmail
CVE-2002-1174
Buffer overflows in Fetchmail 6.0.0 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via (1) long headers that are not properly processed by the readheaders function, or (2) via long Received: headers, which are not properly parsed by the parse_received function.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.047 (91.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.047 · newest: 0.047 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Fetchmail — versions 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.5.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-063.php (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/5827 (vdb-entry)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/5825 (vdb-entry)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-215.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/10203.php (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/ (vendor-advisory)
- www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-2402.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-171 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)