01 Record
CVE-2002-0146
fetchmail email client before 5.9.10 does not properly limit the maximum number of messages available, which allows a remote IMAP server to overwrite memory via a message count that exceeds the
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
fetchmail email client before 5.9.10 does not properly limit the maximum number of messages available, which allows a remote IMAP server to overwrite memory via a message count that exceeds the
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.49% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 73.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2003-04-02 05:00Z23 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 02:42Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2002-03-18
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 6598c20e60fd3d712337882868ddfc7a8f076c368202ad90eb179f58969d325e
05 Affected products
06 References
- online.securityfocus.comHPSBTL0205-042http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/4145
- www.iss.netfetchmail-imap-msgnum-bo(9133)http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9133.php
- www.securityfocus.com4788http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4788
- ftp.caldera.comCSSA-2002-027.0ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-027.0.txt
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2002:047http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-047.html
- www.linux-mandrake.comMDKSA-2002:036http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-036.php