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CVE-2001-0819 — HIGH severity vulnerability (A buffer overflow in Linux fetchmail before 5.8.6 allows rem)

A buffer overflow in Linux fetchmail before 5.8.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large 'To:' field in an email header.

CVE IDCVE-2001-0819
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score7.5
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWECWE-119
StatusModified
Published2001-12-06
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionA buffer overflow in Linux fetchmail before 5.8.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large 'To:' field in an email header.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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