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CVE-2001-1009

CRITICAL
10.0
CVSS Severity Score
EPSS Score0.0220%
EPSS Percentile42.34th
PublishedAug 31, 2001
Last ModifiedApr 16, 2026

Vulnerability Description

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 negative index number as part of a response to a LIST request.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

<= 5.8.14
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 4.5.1
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 4.5.2
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 4.5.3
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 4.5.4
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 4.5.5
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 4.5.6
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 4.5.7
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 4.5.8
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 4.6.0
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 4.6.1
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 4.6.2
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 4.6.3
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 4.6.4
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 4.6.5
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 4.6.6
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 4.6.7
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 4.6.8
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 4.6.9
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 4.7.0
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 4.7.1
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 4.7.2
📦
Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 4.7.3
📦
Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 4.7.4
📦
Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 4.7.5
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 4.7.6
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 4.7.7
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.0.0
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.0.1
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.0.2
📦
Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.0.3
📦
Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.0.4
📦
Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.0.5
📦
Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.0.6
📦
Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.0.7
📦
Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.0.8
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.1.0
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.1.4
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.2.0
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.2.1
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.2.3
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.2.4
📦
Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.2.7
📦
Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.2.8
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.3.0
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.3.1
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.3.3
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.3.8
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.4.0
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.4.3
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.4.4
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.4.5
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.5.0
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.5.2
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.5.3
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.5.5
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.5.6
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.6.0
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.7.0
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.7.2
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.7.4
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.8
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.8.1
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.8.2
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.8.3
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.8.4
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.8.5
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.8.6
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.8.11
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.8.13
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Fetchmail

Fetchmail

= 5.9.0

References & Advisories

🔗 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-08/0118.html
🔗 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000419
🔗 http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-071
🔗 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/6965.php
🔗 http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-072.php3
🔗 http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-1555.html
🔗 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_026_fetchmail_txt.html
🔗 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-103.html

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