CVE-2010-0409

critical

Description

Buffer overflow in the GMIME_UUENCODE_LEN macro in gmime/gmime-encodings.h in GMime before 2.4.15 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via input data for a uuencode operation.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=561457

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/03/4

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/03/2

http://secunia.com/advisories/38915

http://secunia.com/advisories/38459

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html

http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gmime/2.4/gmime-2.4.15.changes

http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gmime/2.4/gmime-2.4.14-2.4.15.diff.gz

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2010-02-08

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00718