CVE-2009-3838
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 6.2%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 6.2% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-3809)
- Published
- November 2, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3809 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- pmail / pegasus mail
- pmail / pegasus mail
References
- http://osvdb.org/59261
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37134(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/0910-exploits/pegasusmc-dos.txt(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507377/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36797(Exploit)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023075(Exploit)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3026(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/exploits/Pegasus_Mail_POP3_Message_Handling_Remote_Buffer_Overflow_Exploit_3026233.php(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53933
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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