CVE-2010-0562

The sdump function in sdump.c in fetchmail 6.3.11, 6.3.12, and 6.3.13, when running in verbose mode on platforms for which char is signed, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an SSL X.509 certificate containing non-printable characters with the high bit set, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow during escaping.

Published: 2010-02-08 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-0562 is rated Moderate Risk (56.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.49%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-0562

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 2026-06-15 1.75% 2.49% +0.74%
2 2025-03-30 2.21% 1.75% -0.46%
3 2025-03-29 — 2.21% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-0562

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-0562

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-0562

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2010-0562 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (fetchmail), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0562
gentoo normal CVE-2010-0562: 1 GLSA(s) (201006-12), 1 atom(s) (net-mail/fetchmail); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2010-0562
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0562
ubuntu low CVE-2010-0562 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (fetchmail), 6 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): not-affected 5, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-0562

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2010-0562

  • Red Hat (2010-02-09T00:00:00)

    Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of fetchmail as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-0562

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
fetchmail fetchmail 6.3.11 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 6.3.12 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 6.3.13 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-0562

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