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Fetchmail

25 CVEs

Every dot is a CVE in what this vendor ships; the named ones are the most at risk.

Every one of the 25 is a mark on the map. Named now: 1 to 25, most at risk first.

  1. Fetchmail (aka fetchmail-ssl) before 5.8.17 allows a remote malicious (1) IMAP server or (2) POP/POP3 server to overwrite arbitrary memory and possibly gain privileges via a negat…CVE-2001-1009Fetchmail · 6.5% likely

    CWE-264

  2. A buffer overflow in Linux fetchmail before 5.8.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large 'To:' field in an email header.CVE-2001-0819Fetchmail · 6.4% likely

    CWE-119

  3. 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.…CVE-2005-2335Fetchmail · 5.9% likely

    CWE-119

  4. Heap-based buffer overflow in Fetchmail 6.1.3 and earlier does not account for the "@" character when determining buffer lengths for local addresses, which allows remote attackers…CVE-2002-1365Fetchmail · 5.4% likely

    CWE-119

  5. Buffer overflows in Fetchmail 6.0.0 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via (1) long headers that are not properly pr…CVE-2002-1174Fetchmail · 4.7% likely

    CWE-119

  6. fetchmail before 6.3.6-rc4 does not properly enforce TLS and may transmit cleartext passwords over unsecured links if certain circumstances occur, which allows remote attackers to…CVE-2006-5867Fetchmail · 4.5% likely

    CWE-20

  7. fetchmail 6.3.5 and 6.3.6 before 6.3.6-rc4, when refusing a message delivered via the mda option, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors…CVE-2006-5974Fetchmail · 4.0% likely

    CWE-20

  8. 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…CVE-2005-4348Fetchmail · 3.6% likely

    CWE-399

  9. fetchmail 6.3.0 and other versions before 6.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted e-mail messages that cause a free of an invalid pointer wh…CVE-2006-0321Fetchmail · 3.5% likely

    CWE-20

  10. 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 mai…CVE-2008-2711Fetchmail · 3.0% likely

    CWE-20

  11. report_vbuild in report.c in Fetchmail before 6.4.20 sometimes omits initialization of the vsnprintf va_list argument, which might allow mail servers to cause a denial of service…CVE-2021-36386Fetchmail · 2.6% likely

    CWE-909

  12. fetchmail 5.9.9 through 6.3.19 does not properly limit the wait time after issuing a (1) STARTTLS or (2) STLS request, which allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (ap…CVE-2011-1947Fetchmail · 2.6% likely

    CWE-399

  13. 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 denia…CVE-2010-0562Fetchmail · 2.5% likely

    CWE-119

  14. fetchmail 4.6.3 through 6.3.16, when debug mode is enabled, does not properly handle invalid characters in a multi-character locale, which allows remote attackers to cause a denia…CVE-2010-1167Fetchmail · 2.2% likely

    CWE-20

  15. Fetchmail 6.2.4 and earlier does not properly allocate memory for long lines, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a certain email.CVE-2003-0792Fetchmail · 2.0% likely

    CWE-399

  16. The getmxrecord function in Fetchmail 6.0.0 and earlier does not properly check the boundary of a particular malformed DNS packet from a malicious DNS server, which allows remote…CVE-2002-1175Fetchmail · 2.0% likely

    CWE-20

  17. sink.c in fetchmail before 6.3.9 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and application crash) by refusing certain warning messages that…CVE-2007-4565Fetchmail · 2.0% likely
  18. Fetchmail 5.0.8 through 6.3.21, when using NTLM authentication in debug mode, allows remote NTLM servers to (1) cause a denial of service (crash and delayed delivery of inbound ma…CVE-2012-3482Fetchmail · 1.9% likely
  19. Vulnerability in fetchmail 5.5.0-2 and earlier in the AUTHENTICATE GSSAPI command.CVE-2001-0101Fetchmail · 1.8% likely
  20. socket.c in fetchmail before 6.3.11 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in…CVE-2009-2666Fetchmail · 1.5% likely

    CWE-310

  21. fetchmail email client before 5.9.10 does not properly limit the maximum number of messages available, which allows a remote IMAP server to overwrite memory via a message count th…CVE-2002-0146Fetchmail · 1.5% likely

    CWE-20

  22. Fetchmail before 6.4.22 fails to enforce STARTTLS session encryption in some circumstances, such as a certain situation with IMAP and PREAUTH.CVE-2021-39272Fetchmail · 0.9% likely

    CWE-319

  23. fetchmailconf before 1.49 in fetchmail 6.2.0, 6.2.5 and 6.2.5.2 creates configuration files with insecure world-readable permissions, which allows local users to obtain sensitive…CVE-2005-3088Fetchmail · 0.5% likely

    CWE-200

  24. In fetchmail before 6.5.6, the SMTP client can crash when authenticating upon receiving a 334 status code in a malformed context.CVE-2025-61962fetchmail · CVSS 5.9 · 0.4% likely

    CWE-142

  25. fetchmailconf in fetchmail before 5.7.4 allows local users to overwrite files of other users via a symlink attack on temporary files.CVE-2001-1378Fetchmail · 0.3% likely

    CWE-59

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Data as of 2026-11-15. CVE List through 2026-11-15 · EPSS of 2026-11-14 · CISA KEV checked 2026-11-15. Sources: the CVE List, CISA KEV, EPSS, NVD, nuclei templates and public bug bounty data.