CVE-2010-5109 describes an off-by-one error in the DecompressRTF function of Yerase's TNEF Stream Reader, affecting Fedora and Randall Hand distributions. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) through a buffer overflow when processing a specially crafted TNEF file. With a CVSS score of 4.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), it is a medium-severity issue, requiring user interaction (AC:M) but not authentication, and primarily impacts availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat landscape.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:randall_hand:yerase\'s_tnef_stream_reader:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.