CVE-2025-61962
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Publication date: 2025-10-04

Last updated on: 2025-11-04

Assigner: MITRE

Description
In fetchmail before 6.5.6, the SMTP client can crash when authenticating upon receiving a 334 status code in a malformed context.
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Published
2025-10-04
Last Modified
2025-11-04
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2026-06-16
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2025-10-04
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-14
NVD
CVE-2025-61962
Affected Vendors & Products
Showing 4 associated CPEs
Vendor Product Version / Range
fetchmail fetchmail 7.0.0
fetchmail fetchmail 6.5.5
fetchmail fetchmail 6.5.6
fetchmail fetchmail 5.9.9
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CWE ID Description
CWE-142 The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could be interpreted as value delimiters when they are sent to a downstream component.
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Executive Summary

This vulnerability occurs in fetchmail versions before 6.5.6, where the SMTP client can crash during authentication if it receives a 334 status code in a malformed context.

Impact Analysis

The impact of this vulnerability is that the SMTP client may crash, causing a denial of service. It does not affect confidentiality or integrity but can disrupt availability.

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