CVE-2025-61962
fetchmail: Fetchmail denial of service
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · October 4, 2025
Updated · September 23, 2026
Description
When fetchmail receives a 334 reply from the SMTP server that does not contain the mandated blank after that response code, it will attempt reading from memory location 1, which will usually lead to a crash.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE-142 · Improper Neutralization of Value Delimiters