Buffer overflow in Fetchmail

CVE-2005-2335

Buffer overflow in the POP3 client in Fetchmail before 6.2.5.2 allows remote POP3 servers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via long UIDL responses. NOTE: a typo in an advisory accidentally used the wrong CVE identifier for the Fetchmail issue. This is the correct identifier.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.059 (92.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Fetchmail — versions 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.5.3
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References