VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2003-0792
Fetchmail 6.2.4 and earlier does not properly allocate memory for long lines, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a certain email.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 1.99%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.99%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Fetchmail 6.2.4 and earlier does not properly allocate memory for long lines, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a certain email.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.99% probability · 81th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- fetchmail/fetchmail
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1.1/Server/CSSA-2004-004.0/CSSA-2004-004.0.txt
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107731542827401&w=2
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200403-10.xmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:101
- http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/5987
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8843Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-61.txt
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13450
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1.1/Server/CSSA-2004-004.0/CSSA-2004-004.0.txt
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107731542827401&w=2
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200403-10.xmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:101
- http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/5987
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8843Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-61.txt
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13450
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.