CVE-2003-0792

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-11-17 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

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.

Affected products

fetchmail: through 6.2.4; 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.5.3, 4.5.4, 4.5.5, 4.5.6 (+79)

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107731542827401&w=2
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200403-10.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:101
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/5987
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8843
http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-61.txt
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13450
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107731542827401&w=2
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200403-10.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:101

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