{
    "id": "CVE-2001-1009",
    "published": "2001-08-31 04:00:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 21:55:24",
    "cvss_score": "10.0",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
    "cwe": "CWE-264",
    "description": "Fetchmail (aka fetchmail-ssl) before 5.8.17 allows a remote malicious (1) IMAP server or (2) POP/POP3 server to overwrite arbitrary memory and possibly gain privileges via a negative index number as part of a response to a LIST request.",
    "epss_score": "0.06524",
    "epss_percentile": "0.93586",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-05 18:17:03",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "fetchmail",
            "product": "fetchmail"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "21064",
            "title": "Fetchmail 5.x - POP3 Reply Signed Integer Index",
            "date": "2001-08-09",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21064"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "21066",
            "title": "Fetchmail 5.x - IMAP Reply Signed Integer Index",
            "date": "2001-08-09",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21066"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-08/0118.html",
        "http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000419",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-071",
        "http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/6965.php",
        "http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-072.php3",
        "http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-1555.html",
        "http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_026_fetchmail_txt.html",
        "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-103.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3164",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3166",
        "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-08/0118.html",
        "http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000419",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-071",
        "http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/6965.php",
        "http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-072.php3",
        "http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-1555.html",
        "http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_026_fetchmail_txt.html",
        "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-103.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3164",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3166"
    ]
}