What is CVE-2010-1637?

CVE-2010-1637 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2010-06-22.

How severe is CVE-2010-1637?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2010-1637 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

SSRF in Apple Mac OS X

CVE-2010-1637

The Mail Fetch plugin in SquirrelMail 1.4.20 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to bypass firewall restrictions and use SquirrelMail as a proxy to scan internal networks via a modified POP3 port number.

Vulnerability class: SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery)

Published 2010-06-22 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.027 (85.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 85.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.027 · newest: 0.027 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apple Mac OS X
Apple Mac OS X Server
Squirrelmail
Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 12, 11, 13
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 5.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 5.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation — versions 5.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-918 — Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

Preetam/cwe

References

lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043261.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/40291 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2010dxb/materials/D1 - Laurent Oudot - Improving… (Broken Link)
support.apple.com/kb/HT5130 (Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/40307 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1535 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1554 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/25/9 (mailing-list, Mailing List)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-1637?: CVE-2010-1637 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2010-06-22.
How severe is CVE-2010-1637?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2010-1637 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.