CVE-2009-1029

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in POP Peeper 3.4.0.0 and earlier allows remote POP3 servers to execute arbitrary code via a long Date header, related to Imap.dll.

Published: 2009-03-20 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-1029 is rated High Exploit Risk (88.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 71.96%, 99th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.62% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-1029

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16458 exploit_db edb 2010-11-30 Exploit-DB ↗
16441 exploit_db edb 2010-11-11 Exploit-DB ↗
8203 exploit_db edb 2009-03-12 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-1029

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-01-02 70.34% 71.96% +1.62%
2 2025-04-22 71.96% 70.34% -1.62%
3 2025-03-30 — 71.96% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-1029

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-1029

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-1029

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
poppeeper pop_peeper <= 3.4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:poppeeper:pop_peeper:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
poppeeper pop_peeper 2.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:poppeeper:pop_peeper:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
poppeeper pop_peeper 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:poppeeper:pop_peeper:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
poppeeper pop_peeper 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:poppeeper:pop_peeper:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-1029

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