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CVE-2010-0562

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-0562 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the sdump function of Fetchmail versions 6.3.11, 6.3.12, and 6.3.13, specifically when running in verbose mode on platforms where 'char' is signed. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code by sending an SSL X.509 certificate containing non-printable characters. With a CVSS score of 6.8, it is considered medium severity, requiring medium attack complexity and offering partial impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.3.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.3.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.3.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0251 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-0562Low

fetchmail: (verbose mode) Heap overflow by formating byte string into its printable representation

Feb 4, 2010

References

mknod.org / svn/fetchmail/branches/BRANCH_6-3/fetchmail-SA-2010-01.txt
osvdb.org / 62114
secunia.com / advisories/38391
Vendor Advisory
fetchmail.info / fetchmail-SA-2010-01.txt
Vendor Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
securityfocus.com / bid/38088
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0296
Vendor Advisory