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    CVE-2001-0819

    A buffer overflow in Linux fetchmail before 5.8.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large 'To:' field in an email header.

    Published:Jun 10, 2001
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Mar 9, 2002
    EPSS Score:0.07161
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Fetchmail
    Product
    Fetchmail
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Related CVEs

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    CVE-2021-39272 (CVSS 5.9) — Fetchmail before 6.4.22 fails to enforce STARTTLS session encryption in some circumstances, such as a certain …
    CVE-2021-36386 (CVSS 7.5) — report_vbuild in report.c in Fetchmail before 6.4.20 sometimes omits initialization of the vsnprintf va_list a…
    CVE-2012-3482 (CVSS 5.8) — Fetchmail 5.0.8 through 6.3.21, when using NTLM authentication in debug mode, allows remote NTLM servers to (1…
    CVE-2011-1947 (CVSS 5) — fetchmail 5.9.9 through 6.3.19 does not properly limit the wait time after issuing a (1) STARTTLS or (2) STLS …
    CVE-2010-1167 (CVSS 4.3) — fetchmail 4.6.3 through 6.3.16, when debug mode is enabled, does not properly handle invalid characters in a m…
    CVE-2010-0562 (CVSS 6.8) — The sdump function in sdump.c in fetchmail 6.3.11, 6.3.12, and 6.3.13, when running in verbose mode on platfor…
    CVE-2009-2666 (CVSS 6.4) — socket.c in fetchmail before 6.3.11 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a domain name in the subject'…
    CVE-2008-2711 (CVSS 4.3) — fetchmail 6.3.8 and earlier, when running in -v -v (aka verbose) mode, allows remote attackers to cause a deni…
    CVE-2007-4565 (CVSS 5) — sink.c in fetchmail before 6.3.9 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL derefer…

    References

    ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-01:43.fetchmail.asc
    http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000403
    http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-025-01
    http://www.caldera.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-022.1.txt
    http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-060
    http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-063.php3?dis=7.1
    http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-1451.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/2877
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6704
    ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-01:43.fetchmail.asc
    http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000403
    http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-025-01
    http://www.caldera.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-022.1.txt
    http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-060
    http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-063.php3?dis=7.1
    http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-1451.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/2877
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6704

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Physical
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    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
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    High