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CVE-2010-0562

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.8 Published: 2010-02-08 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Fetchmail Fetchmail

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References