CVE-2010-5109 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2010-5109?

CVE-2010-5109 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 5 May 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Off-by-one error in the DecompressRTF function in ytnef.c in Yerase's TNEF Stream Reader allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted TNEF file, which triggers a buffer overflow.

Weakness: CWE-189

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-5109?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Randall Hand Yerase\'s Tnef Stream Reader.

How do I fix CVE-2010-5109?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2010-5109 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-5109 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-5109, GHSA-gm6c-c76r-gr4j, MGASA-2014-0531.