CVE-2009-3838

CRITICAL 9.3CVE-2009-3838 · Published 02/11/2009 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2009-3838 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability affecting pegasus mail (pmail).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 6.2%, higher than 93.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
pegasus mail pmail	`= 4.41= 4.51`	No fix yet

Description

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.

References

osvdb.org/59261
secunia.com/advisories/37134 · Vendor Advisory
packetstormsecurity.org/0910-exploits/pegasusmc-dos.txt · Exploit
securityfocus.com/archive/1/507377/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/36797 · Exploit
securitytracker.com/id · Exploit
vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3026 · Vendor Advisory
vupen.com/exploits/Pegasus_Mail_POP3_Message_Handling_Remote_Buffer_Overflow_Exploit_3026233.php · Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53933

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