7.8

CVE-2005-4348: fetchmail Resource Management Errors

Modified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2005-4348DSA-939-1
Published 21-12-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-4348 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in fetchmail. EPSS estimates a 3.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.64%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1

Timeline

  1. 21-12-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

fetchmail before 6.3.1 and before 6.2.5.5, when configured for multidrop mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by sending messages without headers from upstream mail servers.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.64%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

90%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 3.64% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian1 product
  • fetchmail< 6.2.5-12sarge4 | < 6.3.1-1
Fetchmail1 product
  • fetchmail≥ 6.2.0, < 6.2.5.5 | ≥ 6.3.0, < 6.3.1

2 vendors · 2 products

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