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CVE-2010-2494

MEDIUMEPSS 88th pctl
5.0
CVSS v2
NVD

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 and application crash) via an e-mail message with invalid base64 data that begins with an = (equals) character.

How to fix

Remediation Available
bogofilterDebian
Fixed in:1.2.1-3CVE-2010-2494
Fixed in:1.2.1-3CVE-2010-2494
Fixed in:1.2.1-3CVE-2010-2494
Fixed in:1.2.1-3CVE-2010-2494

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

3.44%probability of exploitation in 30 days
88thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 88% of all known CVEs.

References

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