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CVE-2002-0146

fetchmail email client before 5.9.10 does not properly limit the maximum number of messages...

5.0 Medium

CVE-2002-0146 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Fetchmail, published June 25, 2002. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.49%, the 74th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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 that exceeds the boundaries of an array.

Exploit likelihood

1.49%Up 0.4 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

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 that exceeds the boundaries of an array.

Record
CVE-2002-0146
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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 that exceeds the boundaries of an array.

Record
CVE-2002-0146
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2002-0146 No score

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 that exceeds the boundaries of an array.

Record
EUVD-2002-0146
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rg6w-w93w-8gj3 No score

fetchmail email client before 5.9.10 does not properly limit the maximum number of messages...

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 that exceeds the boundaries of an array.

Record
GHSA-rg6w-w93w-8gj3
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
WhenChangedSources
2026-11-03aliasesEUVD
2026-11-02createdCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

References

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