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CVE-2010-0562

Published: Feb 8, 2010Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-119
NVD MITRE
6.8CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
2.5%
Top 17.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

The sdump function in sdump.c in fetchmail 6.3.11, 6.3.12, and 6.3.13, when running in verbose mode on platforms for which char is signed, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an SSL X.509 certificate containing non-printable characters with the high bit set, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow during escaping.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

n/an/a
fetchmailfetchmail
On-prem
Communications / email-server-client
fetchmailoss-projectCommunicationsaka fetchmail, fetchmail daemon

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:037
mandriva.com
http://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-SA-2010-01.txt
fetchmail.info
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38088
securityfocus.com
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Timeline

Published
Feb 8, 2010
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2026

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