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CVE-2002-1365
Heap-based buffer overflow in Fetchmail 6.1.3 and earlier does not account for the "@" character when determining buffer lengths for local…
High7.5EPSS 5.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Fetchmail 6.1.3 and earlier does not account for the "@" character when determining buffer lengths for local addresses, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a header with a large number of local addresses.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 21 months later
· 21 months later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.4% · top 7.3% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- 6390 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MDKSA-2003:011 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- 20021213 Advisory 05/2002: Another Fetchmail Remote Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20021215 GLSA: fetchmail (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-216 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- fetchmail-address-header-bo(10839) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:293 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- CLA-2002:554 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:294 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2003:155 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/052002.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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