CVE-2021-36386 (GCVE-0-2021-36386)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-07-29 13:59 – Updated: 2024-08-04 00:54
VLAI?
Summary
report_vbuild in report.c in Fetchmail before 6.4.20 sometimes omits initialization of the vsnprintf va_list argument, which might allow mail servers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via long error messages. NOTE: it is unclear whether use of Fetchmail on any realistic platform results in an impact beyond an inconvenience to the client user.
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