CVE-2009-1029
Stack-based buffer overflow in POP Peeper 3.4.0.0 and earlier allows remote POP3 servers to execute arbitrary code via a long Date header,…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 31.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 5Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in POP Peeper 3.4.0.0 and earlier allows remote POP3 servers to execute arbitrary code via a long Date header, related to Imap.dll.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Metasploit modules and 3 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits6
Metasploit modules2 modules
- POP Peeper v3.4 DATE Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/misc/poppeeper_dateRank normaldisclosed 27 Feb 2009
- POP Peeper v3.4 UIDL Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/misc/poppeeper_uidlRank normaldisclosed 27 Feb 2009
Exploit-DB3 entries
- POP Peeper 3.4 - UIDL Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16458remote, windowspublished 30 Nov 2010Verified
- POP Peeper 3.4 - DATE Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16441remote, windowspublished 11 Nov 2010Verified
- POP Peeper 3.4.0.0 - Date Remote Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 8203remote, windowspublished 12 Mar 2009Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 8203 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
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- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 31.8% · top 1.7% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References6
- 34093 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.krakowlabs.com/res/adv/KL0309ADV-poppeeper_date-bof.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 8203 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 20090312 POP Peeper 3.4.0.0 Date Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 34077 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- poppeeper-date-bo(49215) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-1030 (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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