CVE-2010-2494 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Bogofilter via a crafted email with invalid base64 data, triggering heap memory corruption.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-2494?
CVE-2010-2494 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Jul 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-2494?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Bogofilter Bogofilter.
How do I fix CVE-2010-2494?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2010-2494 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-2494 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2494, GHSA-rwg2-273c-ccqw.