CVE-2010-2494
Multiple 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
02 Description
Multiple 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2010-07-08 18:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 02:32Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-06-28
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1347a95300f8f2c3ae0412d9e4e7d33fe12b727d55c1d08d9f82154e12be8046
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-13139http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-August/046558.html
- marc.info[oss-security] 20100706 REPOST: CVE request for bogofilterhttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127840569013531&w=2
- secunia.com40427http://secunia.com/advisories/40427
- bogofilter.sourceforge.nethttp://bogofilter.sourceforge.net/security/bogofilter-SA-2010-01
- secunia.com41239http://secunia.com/advisories/41239
- bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.nethttp://bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bogofilter/trunk/bogofilter/doc/bogofilter-SA-2010-01?revision=6909&pathrev=6909
- www.osvdb.org66002http://www.osvdb.org/66002
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:1650http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00016.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:1648http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00015.html
- marc.info[oss-security] 20100706 Re: Request CVE ID for bogofilter base64 decoderhttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127844323105405&w=2
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:0166http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00021.html
- bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.nethttp://bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bogofilter/trunk/bogofilter/src/base64.c?view=patch&r1=6906&r2=6903
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-2233http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2233
- www.securityfocus.com41339http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41339
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611551
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2010:014http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-13154http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-August/046590.html
- marc.info[oss-security] 20100705 Request CVE ID for bogofilter base64 decoderhttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127814747231102&w=2
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-980-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-980-1
- marc.info[oss-security] 20100705 Re: Request CVE ID for bogofilter base64 decoderhttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127831760712436&w=2
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- bogofilter Fixed in 1.2.1-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- bogofilter Fixed in 1.2.1-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- bogofilter Fixed in 1.2.1-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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