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CVE-2009-3838

Pegasus Mail Client 4.51 - Remote Buffer Overflow

Severity Score

9.3
*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

4
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Stack-based buffer overflow in Pegasus Mail (PMail) 4.41 and possibly 4.51 allows remote POP3 servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long error message.

Desbordamiento de búfer basado en pila en Pegasus Mail(PMail) v4.41 y posiblemente v4.51, permite a los servidores POP3 remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (caída de aplicación) o posiblemente la ejecución de código a través de un mensaje de error largo.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2009-10-23 First Exploit
  • 2009-11-02 CVE Reserved
  • 2009-11-02 CVE Published
  • 2024-05-02 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Pmail
Search vendor "Pmail"
Pegasus Mail
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4.41
Search vendor "Pmail" for product "Pegasus Mail" and version "4.41"
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Affected
Pmail
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Pegasus Mail
Search vendor "Pmail" for product "Pegasus Mail"
4.51
Search vendor "Pmail" for product "Pegasus Mail" and version "4.51"
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Affected