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CVE-2005-2335

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2335 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the POP3 client of Fetchmail versions prior to 6.2.5.2. This flaw allows a malicious remote POP3 server to trigger a denial of service and potentially execute arbitrary code by sending excessively long UIDL responses. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with a network attack vector, low complexity, and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 6.2.5.1CPE 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:N/I:N/A:P

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0588 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 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 (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: fetchmail-0:6.2.0-3.el3.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: fetchmail-0:6.2.5-6.el4.2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-2335Important

security flaw

Jul 21, 2005

References

developer.berlios.de / project/shownotes.php
Patch
fetchmail.berlios.de / fetchmail-SA-2005-01.txt
PatchVendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html
secunia.com / advisories/16176
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21253
Vendor Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1038
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1124
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8833
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-774
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html
osvdb.org / 18174
redhat.com / archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-July/msg00088.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-July/msg00089.html
Patch
redhat.com / archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-July/msg00104.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-640.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/435197/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/441856/100/200/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/14349
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/19289
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/1171
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3101