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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Sat, 04 Oct 2025 03:15:00 +0000

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Description In fetchmail before 6.5.6, the SMTP client can crash when authenticating upon receiving a 334 status code in a malformed context.
Weaknesses CWE-142
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-04T02:51:57.449Z

Reserved: 2025-10-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-61962

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-10-04T03:15:37.870

Modified: 2025-10-04T03:15:37.870

Link: CVE-2025-61962

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