CVE-2010-0562

fetchmail: (verbose mode) Heap overflow by formating byte string into its printable representation

Published Feb 8, 2010 CVSS 2.0 · 6.8 Medium EPSS 2.5% KEV · Not listed
Description
The sdump function in sdump.c in fetchmail 6.3.11, 6.3.12, and 6.3.13, when running in verbose mode on platforms for which char is signed, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an SSL X.509 certificate containing non-printable characters with the high bit set, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow during escaping.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-0593 The sdump function in sdump.c in fetchmail 6.3.11, 6.3.12, and 6.3.13, when running in verbose mode on platforms for which char is signed, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an SSL X.509 certificate containing non-printable characters with the high bit set, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow during escaping.
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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 12:52 AM
Reserved
Feb 8, 2010, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 8, 2010, 9:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:16 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Feb 4, 2010, 12:00 AM