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.
Published: 2010-07-08
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 4.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-2498 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-980-1 bogofilter vulnerability
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Bogofilter Bogofilter
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T02:32:16.882Z

Reserved: 2010-06-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-2494

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-07-08T18:30:00.953

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-2494

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