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.
Published: 2010-05-07
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-1197 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.
History

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Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00707}

epss

{'score': 0.00773}


Subscriptions

Fetchmail Fetchmail
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T01:14:06.646Z

Reserved: 2010-03-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-1167

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-05-07T18:24:15.780

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-1167

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2010-04-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-1167 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses