CVE-2002-1174

Published: Oct 11, 2002Modified: Apr 16, 2026

7.5

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 6.4

Source: NVD

Description

Buffer overflows in Fetchmail 6.0.0 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via (1) long headers that are not properly processed by the readheaders function, or (2) via long Received: headers, which are not properly parsed by the parse_received function.

Affected (79)

Products: Fetchmail: Fetchmail

Fetchmail

1 product

Fetchmail

Configuration A

79 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Up to 6.0.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.5.1
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.5.2
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.5.3
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.5.4
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.5.5
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.5.6
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.5.7
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.5.8
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.6.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.6.1
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.6.2
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.6.3
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.6.4
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.6.5
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.6.6
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.6.7
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.6.8
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.6.9
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.7.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.7.1
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.7.2
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.7.3
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.7.4
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.7.5
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.7.6
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.7.7
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.0.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.0.1
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.0.2
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.0.3
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.0.4
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.0.5
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.0.6
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.0.7
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.0.8
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.1.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.1.4
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.2.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.2.1
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.2.3
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.2.4
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.2.7
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.2.8
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.3.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.3.1
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.3.3
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.3.8
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.4.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.4.3
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.4.4
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.4.5
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.5.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.5.2
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.5.3
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.5.5
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.5.6
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.6.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.7.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.7.2
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.7.4
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.8.11
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.8.13
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.8.14
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.8.17
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.8.1
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.8.2
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.8.3
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.8.4
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.8.5
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.8.6
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.8
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.9.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.9.10
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.9.11
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.9.13
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.9.4
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.9.5
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.9.8