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CVE-2005-2335
- EPSS 6.44%
- Published 27.07.2005 04:00:00
- Last modified 03.04.2025 01:03:51
- Source cve@mitre.org
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- Open
Buffer overflow in the POP3 client in Fetchmail before 6.2.5.2 allows remote POP3 servers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via long UIDL responses. NOTE: a typo in an advisory accidentally used the wrong CVE identifier for the Fetchmail issue. This is the correct identifier.
Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
| Type | Source | Score | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPSS | FIRST.org | 6.44% | 0.901 |
| Source | Base Score | Exploit Score | Impact Score | Vector string |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nvd@nist.gov | 5 | 10 | 2.9 |
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.