Buffer overflow in Pmail Pegasus Mail
CVE-2009-3838
Stack-based buffer overflow in Pegasus Mail (PMail) 4.41 and possibly 4.51 allows remote POP3 servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long error message.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.062 (93.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.062 · newest: 0.062 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Pmail Pegasus Mail — versions 4.41, 4.51
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/36797 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- osvdb.org/59261 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3026 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/37134 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507377/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.packetstormsecurity.org/0910-exploits/pegasusmc-dos.txt (Exploit)
- www.vupen.com/exploits/Pegasus_Mail_POP3_Message_Handling_Remote_Buffer_Overflo… (Vendor Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53933 (vdb-entry)