MEDIUM
security flaw
Published Jul 27, 2005
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.88%
Description
Buffer overflow in the POP3 client in Fetchmail before 6.2.5.2 allows remote POP3 servers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via long UIDL responses. NOTE: a typo in an advisory accidentally used the wrong CVE identifier for the Fetchmail issue. This is the correct identifier.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 6.2.5.1
- 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
- 6.2.4
- 6.2.5
- 6.3.4
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
fetchmail-0:6.2.0-3.el3.2
Fixed · RHSA-2005:640
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
fetchmail-0:6.2.5-6.el4.2
Fixed · RHSA-2005:640
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | fetchmail-0:6.2.0-3.el3.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:640 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | fetchmail-0:6.2.5-6.el4.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:640 |
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.
5.88% 0.05882
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.05882
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.88% (0.05882) | 92.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.88% (0.05882) | 92.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 6.44% (0.06437) | 90.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 8.43% (0.08425) | 86.96th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 5.93% (0.05931) | 89.93th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 1, 2025 | 6.70% (0.06704) | 93.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 5.52% (0.05524) | 93.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 3, 2024 | 4.50% (0.04499) | 92.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 4.84% (0.04841) | 91.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.23% (0.04229) | 87.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.23% (0.04229) | 86.19th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.23% (0.04229) | 69.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (26)
- http://developer.berlios.de/project/shownotes.php?release_id=6617 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2005-01.txt x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16176 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21253 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-774 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.osvdb.org/18174 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-July/msg00088.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-July/msg00089.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAPatch
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-July/msg00104.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-640.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435197/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441856/100/200/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14349 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1171 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2335 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617705 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2335
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1038 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1124 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8833 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2335
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jul 27, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jul 21, 2005
Link CVE-2005-2335
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a