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CVE-2010-1167

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
07/05/2010
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

fetchmail 4.6.3 through 6.3.16, when debug mode is enabled, does not properly handle invalid characters in a multi-character locale, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a crafted (1) message header or (2) POP3 UIDL list.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:*:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.3.9 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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