CVE-2010-2494

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-2494
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-07-08 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionMultiple buffer underflows in the base64 decoder in base64.c in (1) bogofilter and (2) bogolexer in bogofilter before 1.2.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) via an e-mail message with invalid base64 data that begins with an = (equals) character.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Bogofilter Bogofilter 1.0.0 All All All
Application Bogofilter Bogofilter 1.0.1 All All All
Application Bogofilter Bogofilter 1.0.2 All All All
Application Bogofilter Bogofilter 1.0.3 All All All
Application Bogofilter Bogofilter 1.1.0 All All All
Application Bogofilter Bogofilter 1.1.1 All All All
Application Bogofilter Bogofilter 1.1.2 All All All
Application Bogofilter Bogofilter 1.1.3 All All All
Application Bogofilter Bogofilter 1.1.4 All All All
Application Bogofilter Bogofilter 1.1.5 All All All
Application Bogofilter Bogofilter 1.1.6 All All All
Application Bogofilter Bogofilter 1.1.7 All All All
Application Bogofilter Bogofilter 1.2.0 All All All
Application Bogofilter Bogofilter All 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:2010:014 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
'[oss-security] REPOST: CVE request for bogofilter' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 12 Update: bogofilter-1.2.2-1.fc12 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
611551 – (CVE-2010-2494) CVE-2010-2494 bogofilter: array index underflow/OOB write via invalid input af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Malformed Request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
USN-980-1: bogofilter vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Fedora update for bogofilter - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:1650-1: important: update for bogof af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
www.osvdb.org/66002 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net
[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: bogofilter-1.2.2-1.fc13 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:1648-1: important: update for bogof af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
'Re: [oss-security] Request CVE ID for bogofilter base64 decoder' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
bogofilter -- Fast Bayesian Spam Filter / Code / [r7018] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net Patch
'Re: [oss-security] Request CVE ID for bogofilter base64 decoder' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2013:0166-1: important: update for bogof af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
bogofilter Base64 Decoding Heap Corruption Vulnerability - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Encountered a 404 error af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bogofilter.sourceforge.net
'[oss-security] Request CVE ID for bogofilter base64 decoder heap corruption' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
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