Multiple buffer underflows in the base64 decoder in base64.c in (1) bogofilter and (2) bogolexer in bogofilter before 1.2.2 allow remote…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.4% · top 11% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

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 (20)

• FEDORA-2010-13139 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20100706 REPOST: CVE request for bogofilter (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 40427 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://bogofilter.sourceforge.net/security/bogofilter-SA-2010-01 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 41239 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bogofilter/trunk/bogofilter/doc/bogofilter-SA-2010-01?revision=6909&pathrev=6909 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 66002 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2012:1650 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2012:1648 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20100706 Re: Request CVE ID for bogofilter base64 decoder (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2013:0166 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bogofilter/trunk/bogofilter/src/base64.c?view=patch&r1=6906&r2=6903 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2010-2233 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 41339 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611551 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2010:014 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• FEDORA-2010-13154 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20100705 Request CVE ID for bogofilter base64 decoder (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• USN-980-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20100705 Re: Request CVE ID for bogofilter base64 decoder (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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, 02:32 UTC.