CVE-2003-0792: Fetchmail

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

• Fetchmail Fetchmail: up to and including 6.2.4; version 4.5.1 only; version 4.5.2 only; version 4.5.3 only; version 4.5.4 only; version 4.5.5 only; …

Published 2003-11-17. Last modified 2026-06-16.