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    CVE-2025-61962 (GCVE-0-2025-61962)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-04 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-04 21:14
    VLAI
    Summary
    In fetchmail before 6.5.6, the SMTP client can crash when authenticating upon receiving a 334 status code in a malformed context.
    SSVC
    Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
    CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
    Decision recorded 2025-10-06 14:20 UTC
    CWE
    • CWE-142 - Improper Neutralization of Value Delimiters
    Impacted products
    Vendor Product Version
    fetchmail fetchmail Affected: 5.9.9 , < 6.5.6 (semver)
        cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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