CVE-2021-36386
report_vbuild in report.c in Fetchmail before 6.4.20 sometimes omits initialization of the vsnprintf va_list argument, which might allow mail servers to cause a denial of service or possibly have
02 Description
report_vbuild in report.c in Fetchmail before 6.4.20 sometimes omits initialization of the vsnprintf va_list argument, which might allow mail servers to cause a denial of service or possibly have
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
- 2.56% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 84.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. 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
- 2021-07-29 13:59Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 00:54Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-07-12
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 21b633afb1db647890eca7a266c76a334bae2b4eadad6a0b38ade41acc7d1de2
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.fetchmail.infohttps://www.fetchmail.info/security.html
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/28/5
- www.fetchmail.infohttps://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-SA-2021-01.txt
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20210809 fetchmail 6.4.21 released/regression fix for 6.4.20's security fix, and UPDATE: fetchmail <= 6.4.19 security announcement 2021-01 (CVE-2021-36386)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/09/1
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-47893f53edhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OIXKO6QW3AUHGJVWKJXBCOVBYJUJRBFC/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-b904d99ce5https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AGYO5AHSXTCKA4NQC2Z4H3XMMYNAGC77/
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202209-14https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-14
07 Fixed in
AlmaLinux 8
- fetchmail Fixed in 6.4.24-1.el8
Source: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Arch Linux
- fetchmail Fixed in 6.4.21-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
CloudLinux 8
- fetchmail Fixed in 6.4.24-1.el8
Derived from AlmaLinux 8. Partial coverage: only packages taken from AlmaLinux 8 are listed.
Source: CloudLinux errata, CloudLinux Inc. Derived from: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- fetchmail Fixed in 6.4.16-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- fetchmail Fixed in 6.4.16-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- fetchmail Fixed in 6.4.16-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- fetchmail No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- fetchmail No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- fetchmail No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.