CVE-2010-0409

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-0409
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-02-08 21:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the GMIME_UUENCODE_LEN macro in gmime/gmime-encodings.h in GMime before 2.4.15 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via input data for a uuencode operation.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Gmime 2.4.0 All All All
Application Gnome Gmime 2.4.1 All All All
Application Gnome Gmime 2.4.10 All All All
Application Gnome Gmime 2.4.11 All All All
Application Gnome Gmime 2.4.12 All All All
Application Gnome Gmime 2.4.13 All All All
Application Gnome Gmime 2.4.2 All All All
Application Gnome Gmime 2.4.3 All All All
Application Gnome Gmime 2.4.4 All All All
Application Gnome Gmime 2.4.5 All All All
Application Gnome Gmime 2.4.6 All All All
Application Gnome Gmime 2.4.7 All All All
Application Gnome Gmime 2.4.8 All All All
Application Gnome Gmime 2.4.9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:006 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gmime/2.4/gmime-2.4.14-2.4.15.diff.gz af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.gnome.org Patch
Bug 561457 – CVE-2010-0409 gmime, gmime22: Buffer overflow by calculating the maximum number of output bytes generated by an uuencode operation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gmime/2.4/gmime-2.4.15.changes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.gnome.org
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- GMime-2.4.15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
GMime Uuencode Size Macro Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
oss-security - CVE Request -- GMime-2.4.15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
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