CWE Code: 264
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 10.0
CWE Name:  Permissions Privileges and Access Controls
Summary: 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.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: NETWORK
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2001-08-31
Last Modified Date: 2011-02-16