CVE-2002-0146

fetchmail < 5.9.10 - Memory Corruption via Excessive IMAP Message Count

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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 boundaries of an array.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9133.php
Various Sources vendor-advisory x_refsource_caldera
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-027.0.txt
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-047.html
Various Sources vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandrake
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-036.php
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vendor-advisory x_refsource_hp
http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/4145
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4788

Scores

EPSS 0.0149
EPSS Percentile 71.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (50)
fetchmail/fetchmail 4.5.1
fetchmail/fetchmail 4.5.2
fetchmail/fetchmail 4.5.3
fetchmail/fetchmail 4.5.4
fetchmail/fetchmail 4.5.5
fetchmail/fetchmail 4.5.6
fetchmail/fetchmail 4.5.7
fetchmail/fetchmail 4.5.8
fetchmail/fetchmail 4.6.0
fetchmail/fetchmail 4.6.1
... and 40 more
Published Jun 25, 2002
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026