DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2494

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2494

    Published: 8 Jul 2010Last Modified: 4 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2010-2494

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2494

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: bogofilter

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/bogofilter?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.2.1-3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High