CVE-2010-0409 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability within the GMIME_UUENCODE_LEN macro in GMime versions prior to 2.4.15, affecting products like GNOME GMime. This flaw allows unauthenticated, remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code through specially crafted input during a uuencode operation. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered high severity due to its low attack complexity and potential for partial impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gmime:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gmime:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gmime:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gmime:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gmime:2.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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