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Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-2335 · published 27 July 2005

CVE-2005-2335: Fetchmail memory buffer overflow vulnerability

Fetchmail · Fetchmail

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.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 5.9% · top 7.0% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
5.9%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
44References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://developer.berlios.de/project/shownotes.php?release_id=6617 Patch
http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2005-01.txt PatchVendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/16176 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21253 Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-774
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html
http://www.osvdb.org/18174
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-July/msg00088.html
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-July/msg00089.html Patch
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-July/msg00104.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-640.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435197/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441856/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14349 Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1171
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1038
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1124
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8833
http://developer.berlios.de/project/shownotes.php?release_id=6617 Patch
http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2005-01.txt PatchVendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/16176 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21253 Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-774
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html
http://www.osvdb.org/18174
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-July/msg00088.html
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-July/msg00089.html Patch
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-July/msg00104.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-640.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435197/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441856/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14349 Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1171

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-2335), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.