MEDIUM
security flaw
Published Oct 21, 2003
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.99%
Description
Fetchmail 6.2.4 and earlier does not properly allocate memory for long lines, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a certain email.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 6.2.4
- 4.5.1
- 4.5.2
- 4.5.3
- 4.5.4
- 4.5.5
- 4.5.6
- 4.5.7
- 4.5.8
- 4.6.0
- 4.6.1
- 4.6.2
- 4.6.3
- 4.6.4
- 4.6.5
- 4.6.6
- 4.6.7
- 4.6.8
- 4.6.9
- 4.7.0
- 4.7.1
- 4.7.2
- 4.7.3
- 4.7.4
- 4.7.5
- 4.7.6
- 4.7.7
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.2
- 5.0.3
- 5.0.4
- 5.0.5
- 5.0.6
- 5.0.7
- 5.0.8
- 5.1.0
- 5.1.4
- 5.2.0
- 5.2.1
- 5.2.3
- 5.2.4
- 5.2.7
- 5.2.8
- 5.3.0
- 5.3.1
- 5.3.3
- 5.3.8
- 5.4.0
- 5.4.3
- 5.4.4
- 5.4.5
- 5.5.0
- 5.5.2
- 5.5.3
- 5.5.5
- 5.5.6
- 5.6.0
- 5.7.0
- 5.7.2
- 5.7.4
- 5.8
- 5.8.1
- 5.8.2
- 5.8.3
- 5.8.4
- 5.8.5
- 5.8.6
- 5.8.11
- 5.8.13
- 5.8.14
- 5.8.17
- 5.9.0
- 5.9.4
- 5.9.5
- 5.9.8
- 5.9.10
- 5.9.11
- 5.9.13
- 6.0.0
- 6.1.0
- 6.1.3
- 6.2.0
- 6.2.1
- 6.2.2
- 6.2.3
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.99% 0.01992
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01992
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.99% (0.01992) | 79.92th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.94% (0.01943) | 77.45th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.34% (0.01344) | 78.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 3.55% (0.03550) | 91.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 5, 2023 | 3.55% (0.03550) | 90.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.83% (0.02830) | 89.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 2, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 70.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 49.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (12)
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1.1/Server/CSSA-2004-004.0/CSSA-2004-004.0.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SCO
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107731542827401&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200403-10.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOVendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:101 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/5987 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_IMMUNIX
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8843 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-61.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TURBO
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-0792 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617087 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13450 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0792
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2003-0792
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1.1/Server/CSSA-2004-004.0/CSSA-2004-004.0.txt | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SCO | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107731542827401&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200403-10.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:101 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/5987 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_IMMUNIX | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8843 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-61.txt | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TURBO | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-0792 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617087 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13450 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0792 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2003-0792 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 21, 2003
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Sep 17, 2003
Link CVE-2003-0792
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a