CVE-2010-1167

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-05-07 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

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.

Affected products

fetchmail: through 6.3.9; 4.6.3, 4.6.4, 4.6.5, 4.6.6, 4.6.7, 4.6.8 (+105)

References

http://developer.berlios.de/project/shownotes.php?group_id=1824&release_id=17512
http://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-SA-2010-02.txt
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:107
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511140/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39556
http://developer.berlios.de/project/shownotes.php?group_id=1824&release_id=17512
http://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-SA-2010-02.txt
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:107
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511140/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39556

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