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high 7.5

CVE-2002-1365 json

Heap-based buffer overflow in Fetchmail 6.1.3 and earlier does not account for the "@" character when determining buffer lengths for local…

published 2002-12-23 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-1349

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.4%
EPSS 5.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in Fetchmail 6.1.3 and earlier does not account for the "@" character when determining buffer lengths for local addresses, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a header with a large number of local addresses.

Patch / fix

  • fetchmail Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 6.2.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1365

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2002-1365 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Linux 6.2 Red Hat Linux 7.0 Red Hat Linux 7.1 Red Hat Linux 7.2 Red Hat Linux 7.3 Red Hat Linux 8.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2002:293
  • Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2002:294

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

5.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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