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CVE-2001-1009 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Fetchmail (aka fetchmail-ssl) before 5.8.17 allows a remote)

Fetchmail (aka fetchmail-ssl) before 5.8.17 allows a remote malicious (1) IMAP server or (2) POP/POP3 server to overwrite arbitrary memory and possibly gain privileges via a negative index number as part of a response to a LIST request.

CVE IDCVE-2001-1009
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score10.0
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWECWE-264
StatusModified
Published2001-08-31
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionFetchmail (aka fetchmail-ssl) before 5.8.17 allows a remote malicious (1) IMAP server or (2) POP/POP3 server to overwrite arbitrary memory and possibly gain privileges via a negative index number as part of a response to a LIST request.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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