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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.3

CVE-2009-3837 in the critical feed json

Stack-based buffer overflow in Eureka Email 2.2q allows remote POP3 servers to execute arbitrary code via a long error message.

published 2009-11-02 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-3808

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
32.1%
EPSS 32.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
4
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in Eureka Email 2.2q allows remote POP3 servers to execute arbitrary code via a long error message.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/misc/eureka_mail_err)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

32.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/windows/misc/eureka_mail_err Eureka Email 2.2q ERR Remote Buffer Overflow metasploit exploit, normal rank, 2009-10-22
  • EDB-16443 Eureka Email Client 2.2q - ERR Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (2) remote, 2010-08-25
  • EDB-10235 Eureka Email Client - Remote Buffer Overflow remote, 2009-11-26
  • EDB-9881 Eureka Email Client 2.2q - Buffer Overflow (PoC) dos, 2009-10-23
  • packetstormsecurity.org http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/0910-exploits/eurekamc-dos.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

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

References

Sources

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