gmime22: Buffer overflow by calculating the maximum number of output bytes generated by an uuencode operation
Published Feb 8, 2010
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.30%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.1
- 2.4.2
- 2.4.3
- 2.4.4
- 2.4.5
- 2.4.6
- 2.4.7
- 2.4.8
- 2.4.9
- 2.4.10
- 2.4.11
- 2.4.12
- 2.4.13
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.30% (0.03297) | 88.10th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.21% (0.03208) | 86.47th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.72% (0.00718) | 70.76th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.38% (0.01379) | 86.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2024 | 1.54% (0.01538) | 87.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01538) | 85.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.28% (0.03275) | 84.29th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 3.28% (0.03275) | 83.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 73.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.28% (0.03275) | 82.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.28% (0.03275) | 65.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gmime/2.4/gmime-2.4.14-2.4.15.diff.gz x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gmime/2.4/gmime-2.4.15.changes x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38459 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38915 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/03/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/03/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0409 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=561457 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0409
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0409
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gmime/2.4/gmime-2.4.14-2.4.15.diff.gz | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gmime/2.4/gmime-2.4.15.changes | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/38459 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/38915 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/03/2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/03/4 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0409 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=561457 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0409 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0409 |
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