CVE-2001-1009

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2001-08-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

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.

Affected products

fetchmail: through 5.8.14; 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.5.3, 4.5.4, 4.5.5, 4.5.6 (+64)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-08/0118.html
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000419
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-071
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/6965.php
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-072.php3
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-1555.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_026_fetchmail_txt.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-103.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3164
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3166
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-08/0118.html
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000419

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