CVE catalog

CVE-2010-2494

bogofilter: CVE-2010-2494

Severity: Medium
Published: Jul 8, 2010, 6:30:00 PM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 3.44% · Oct 25, 2026

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.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	bogofilter	sid	`1.2.5-1`	fixed
Debian	bogofilter	forky	`1.2.5-1`	fixed
Debian	bogofilter	trixie	`1.2.5-1`	fixed
Debian	bogofilter	bookworm	`1.2.5-1`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	bogofilter	source	sid	`1.2.1-3`	low	Not reported	[588090]
Debian	bogofilter	source	forky	`1.2.1-3`	low	Not reported	[588090]
Debian	bogofilter	source	trixie	`1.2.1-3`	low	Not reported	[588090]
Debian	bogofilter	source	bookworm	`1.2.1-3`	low	Not reported	[588090]

[Debian bug #588090]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[bogofilter]Fixed
Source package: [bogofilter]
Details (2)
- 1.2.5-1+b2 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-3
  dsa · bogofilter · debian · bookworm; dsa · bogofilter · debian · 12
- 1.2.5-1+b2 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-3
  dsa · bogofilter · debian · bookworm; dsa · bogofilter · debian · 12
[bogofilter-bdb]Fixed
Source package: [bogofilter]
Details (2)
- 1.2.5-1+b2 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-3
  dsa · bogofilter · debian · bookworm; dsa · bogofilter · debian · 12
- 1.2.5-1+b2 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-3
  dsa · bogofilter · debian · bookworm; dsa · bogofilter · debian · 12
[bogofilter-common]Fixed
Source package: [bogofilter]
Details (2)
- 1.2.5-1+b2 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-3
  dsa · bogofilter · debian · bookworm; dsa · bogofilter · debian · 12
- 1.2.5-1+b2 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-3
  dsa · bogofilter · debian · bookworm; dsa · bogofilter · debian · 12
[bogofilter-sqlite]Fixed
Source package: [bogofilter]
Details (2)
- 1.2.5-1+b2 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-3
  dsa · bogofilter · debian · bookworm; dsa · bogofilter · debian · 12
- 1.2.5-1+b2 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-3
  dsa · bogofilter · debian · bookworm; dsa · bogofilter · debian · 12
[bogofilter-tokyocabinet]Fixed
Source package: [bogofilter]
Details (2)
- 1.2.5-1+b2 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-3
  dsa · bogofilter · debian · bookworm; dsa · bogofilter · debian · 12
- 1.2.5-1+b2 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-3
  dsa · bogofilter · debian · bookworm; dsa · bogofilter · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[bogofilter]Fixed
Source package: [bogofilter]
Details (2)
- 1.2.5-1+b4 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-3
  dsa · bogofilter · debian · 13
- 1.2.5-1+b4 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-3
  dsa · bogofilter · debian · 13
[bogofilter-bdb]Fixed
Source package: [bogofilter]
Details (2)
- 1.2.5-1+b4 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-3
  dsa · bogofilter · debian · 13
- 1.2.5-1+b4 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-3
  dsa · bogofilter · debian · 13
[bogofilter-common]Fixed
Source package: [bogofilter]
Details (2)
- 1.2.5-1+b4 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-3
  dsa · bogofilter · debian · 13
- 1.2.5-1+b4 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-3
  dsa · bogofilter · debian · 13
[bogofilter-sqlite]Fixed
Source package: [bogofilter]
Details (2)
- 1.2.5-1+b4 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-3
  dsa · bogofilter · debian · 13
- 1.2.5-1+b4 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-3
  dsa · bogofilter · debian · 13
[bogofilter-tokyocabinet]Fixed
Source package: [bogofilter]
Details (2)
- 1.2.5-1+b4 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-3
  dsa · bogofilter · debian · 13
- 1.2.5-1+b4 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-3
  dsa · bogofilter · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:04:59 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]