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Medium
CVE-2025-61962
In fetchmail before 6.5.6, the SMTP client can crash when...
Vulnerability Description
In fetchmail before 6.5.6, the SMTP client can crash when authenticating upon receiving a 334 status code in a malformed context.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Affected Vendor
fetchmail
View all reports →Affected Software
fetchmail
Vulnerable Versions:
5.9.9
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 4th, 2025
Last Modified:
November 4th, 2025
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.