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CVE-2009-1029

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1029 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in POP Peeper 3.4.0.0 and earlier. This flaw allows a remote POP3 server to execute arbitrary code on an affected system by sending a specially crafted, long Date header. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is critical, requiring no authentication and having a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on the KEV catalog, exploit modules are available in Metasploit and ExploitDB, indicating a high potential for exploitation, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:poppeeper:pop_peeper:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:poppeeper:pop_peeper:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:poppeeper:pop_peeper:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:poppeeper:pop_peeper:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
31.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: POP Peeper v3.4 DATE Buffer Overflow · Feb 27, 2009
ExploitDB: EDB-16458 · Nov 30, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3184 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/34077
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/49215
exploit-db.com / exploits/8203
krakowlabs.com / res/adv/KL0309ADV-poppeeper_date-bof.txt
securityfocus.com / archive/1/501701/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/34093