VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2006-5974

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability4.01%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2006-12-31
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Description

fetchmail 6.3.5 and 6.3.6 before 6.3.6-rc4, when refusing a message delivered via the mda option, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors that trigger a NULL pointer dereference when calling the (1) ferror or (2) fflush functions.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references