CVE-2002-1175
The getmxrecord function in Fetchmail 6.0.0 and earlier does not properly check the boundary of a particular malformed DNS packet from a malicious DNS server, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) when Fetchmail attempts to read data beyond the expected boundary.
Scoring
- CVSS base score
- 0.05
- EPSS probability
- 1.34%
- Published
- 2002-10-01
- Last modified
- 2026-03-16
Affected products
- n/a n/a