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CVE-2006-5974

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 3.79%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2006-12-31 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2006-5974
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
3.79%

Original NVD Description

fetchmail 6.3.5 and 6.3.6 before 6.3.6-rc4, when refusing a message delivered via the mda option, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors that trigger a NULL pointer dereference when calling the (1) ferror or (2) fflush functions.