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CVE-2002-0146

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0146 describes a memory overwrite vulnerability in the fetchmail email client, affecting versions prior to 5.9.10. A remote IMAP server can exploit this by sending a message count exceeding array boundaries. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.9.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0149 is in the 54th percentile among its peer group of 23,684 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 6.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2002-0146

security flaw

May 20, 2002

References

ftp.caldera.com / pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-027.0.txt
online.securityfocus.com / advisories/4145
iss.net / security_center/static/9133.php
linux-mandrake.com / en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-036.php
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2002-047.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/4788