Multiple buffer overflows in the CMU Cyrus SASL library before 2.1.23 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a…

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the CMU Cyrus SASL library before 2.1.23 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via strings that are used as input to the sasl_encode64 function in lib/saslutil.c.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

8.2% · top 5.1% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (38)

• 54515 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• 35239 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• TA10-103B (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• 35321 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• VU#238019 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• 35497 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 35102 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SSA:2009-134-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
• 35746 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 39428 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1020755 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• 35094 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• DSA-1807 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0091 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6136 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 35097 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2009-1313 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• ADV-2009-2012 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10687 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2009:011 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 1021699 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• GLSA-200907-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2010-099504.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-184.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 264248 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• 35206 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 259148 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• MDVSA-2009:113 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1116 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 34961 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 35416 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 273910 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• 54514 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• USN-790-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 1022231 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• solaris-sasl-saslencode64-bo(50554) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 04:40 UTC.