CVE-2025-61962 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-61962

Vendor Fetchmail
Product fetchmail
Weakness CWE-142
Published October 4, 2025
Last update November 4, 2025
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CVSS base score

5.9/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

In fetchmail before 6.5.6, the SMTP client can crash when authenticating upon receiving a 334 status code in a malformed context.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 4, 2025 CVE published
November 4, 2025 Record updated