VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2008-2711
CVSS score4.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability3.00%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-06-16
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Description
fetchmail 6.3.8 and earlier, when running in -v -v (aka verbose) mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash and persistent mail failure) via a malformed mail message with long headers, which triggers an erroneous dereference when using vsnprintf to format log messages.
Weakness classification
- CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org
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