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.
Published: 2003-10-21
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 1.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2003-0783 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.
History

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Fetchmail Fetchmail
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:05:12.602Z

Reserved: 2003-09-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-0792

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-11-17T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2003-0792

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2003-10-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2003-0792 - Bugzilla

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