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 addresses, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary
02 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
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
- 5.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.5% 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
- Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2004-09-01 04:00Z22 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 03:19Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2002-12-16
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d57aea62e876553de10e7821b5ab5eaac8b011dec877ee7d21b1d8eebef62d95
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com6390http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6390
- www.mandrakesoft.comMDKSA-2003:011http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:011
- marc.info20021213 Advisory 05/2002: Another Fetchmail Remote Vulnerabilityhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103979751818638&w=2
- marc.info20021215 GLSA: fetchmailhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104004858802000&w=2
- www.debian.orgDSA-216http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-216
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comfetchmail-address-header-bo(10839)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10839
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2002:293http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-293.html
- distro.conectiva.com.brCLA-2002:554http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000554
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2002:294http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-294.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2003:155http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-155.html
- ftp.caldera.comCSSA-2003-001.0ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-001.0.txt
- security.e-matters.dehttp://security.e-matters.de/advisories/052002.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- fetchmail Fixed in 6.2.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- fetchmail Fixed in 6.2.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- fetchmail Fixed in 6.2.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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