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CVE-2010-2494

Published: Jul 8, 2010Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-119
5.0MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
3.4%
Top 12.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

bogofilter
oss-projectaka bogopass, bogofilter email filter
bogofilterOn-prem
Networking Infrastructure / firewall
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://bogofilter.sourceforge.net/security/bogofilter-SA-2010-01
bogofilter.sourceforge.net
http://bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bogofilter/trunk/bogofilter/doc/bogofilter-SA-2010-01?revision=6909&pathrev=6909
bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net
http://bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bogofilter/trunk/bogofilter/src/base64.c?view=patch&r1=6906&r2=6903
bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net
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