HIGH
Stack-based buffer overflow in Pegasus Mail (PMail) 4.41 and possibly 4.51 allows remote POP3 servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long error message
Published Nov 2, 2009
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.21%
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Pegasus Mail (PMail) 4.41 and possibly 4.51 allows remote POP3 servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long error message.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 4.41
- 4.51
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.
9.3 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
6.21% 0.06214
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.06214
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 (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 6.21% (0.06214) | 93.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.21% (0.06214) | 92.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 21, 2026 | 20.90% (0.20904) | 95.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 23.36% (0.23355) | 95.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 12.96% (0.12959) | 90.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 23.36% (0.23355) | 95.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 4.49% (0.04490) | 92.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 2, 2024 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 90.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 21, 2024 | 3.09% (0.03091) | 90.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 5, 2024 | 2.55% (0.02552) | 89.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 8, 2023 | 2.65% (0.02651) | 88.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 26, 2023 | 2.73% (0.02734) | 89.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 14, 2023 | 5.04% (0.05044) | 91.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 5.61% (0.05612) | 92.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 5.37% (0.05367) | 91.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 8.46% (0.08456) | 93.90th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 8.46% (0.08456) | 93.36th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 8.46% (0.08456) | 82.70th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (9)
- http://osvdb.org/59261 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37134 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/0910-exploits/pegasusmc-dos.txt x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507377/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36797 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023075 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKExploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3026 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/exploits/Pegasus_Mail_POP3_Message_Handling_Remote_Buffer_Overflow_Exploit_3026233.php x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53933 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://osvdb.org/59261 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/37134 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/0910-exploits/pegasusmc-dos.txt | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507377/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36797 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023075 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKExploit | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3026 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.vupen.com/exploits/Pegasus_Mail_POP3_Message_Handling_Remote_Buffer_Overflow_Exploit_3026233.php | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53933 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 2, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 2, 2009
Link CVE-2009-3838
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a