CVE-2006-5974 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting fetchmail versions 6.3.5 and 6.3.6 prior to 6.3.6-rc4. This flaw allows remote attackers to crash the application via a NULL pointer dereference when refusing a message delivered through the mda option. With a CVSS score of 7.8, this vulnerability is considered high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.3.6:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.3.6:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.3.6:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub 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.