CVE-2009-3837
Stack-based buffer overflow in Eureka Email 2.2q allows remote POP3 servers to execute arbitrary code via a long error message.
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 32.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Eureka Email 2.2q allows remote POP3 servers to execute arbitrary code via a long error message.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 3 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits4
Metasploit modules1 module
- Eureka Email 2.2q ERR Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/misc/eureka_mail_errRank normaldisclosed 22 Oct 2009
Exploit-DB3 entries
- Eureka Email Client 2.2q - ERR Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16443remote, windowspublished 25 Aug 2010Verified
- Eureka Email Client - Remote Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 10235remote, windowspublished 26 Nov 2009Verified
- Eureka Email Client 2.2q - Buffer Overflow (PoC) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 9881dos, windowspublished 23 Oct 2009Verified
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
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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)
- 32.1% · 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
References7
- 20091022 {PRL} Eureka Mail client BoF (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 59262 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2009-3025 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/0910-exploits/eurekamc-dos.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- eurekaemail-pop3-bo(53940) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20091130 Eureka Mail Client Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit XP SP3 English Egghunter Edition (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 37132 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2009-3808 (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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