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TI-2010-00388 Aliases CVE-2010-0409GHSA-vc3f-f54f-2jfx

Buffer overflow in the GMIME_UUENCODE_LEN macro in gmime/gmime-encodings.h in GMime…

Priority LOW 39CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03297 88th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 14

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gmime:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.4.0VulnerableGNOME
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gmime:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.4.1VulnerableGNOME
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gmime:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.4.2VulnerableGNOME
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gmime:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.4.3VulnerableGNOME
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gmime:2.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.4.4VulnerableGNOME
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gmime:2.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.4.5VulnerableGNOME
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gmime:2.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.4.6VulnerableGNOME
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gmime:2.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.4.7VulnerableGNOME
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gmime:2.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.4.8VulnerableGNOME
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gmime:2.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.4.9VulnerableGNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gmime:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.4.0 Vulnerable ·GNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gmime:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.4.1 Vulnerable ·GNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gmime:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.4.2 Vulnerable ·GNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gmime:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.4.3 Vulnerable ·GNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gmime:2.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.4.4 Vulnerable ·GNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gmime:2.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.4.5 Vulnerable ·GNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gmime:2.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.4.6 Vulnerable ·GNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gmime:2.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.4.7 Vulnerable ·GNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gmime:2.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.4.8 Vulnerable ·GNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gmime:2.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.4.9 Vulnerable ·GNOME
Show 4 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gmime:2.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.4.10VulnerableGNOME
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gmime:2.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.4.11VulnerableGNOME
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gmime:2.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.4.12VulnerableGNOME
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gmime:2.4.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.4.13VulnerableGNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gmime:2.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.4.10 Vulnerable ·GNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gmime:2.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.4.11 Vulnerable ·GNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gmime:2.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.4.12 Vulnerable ·GNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gmime:2.4.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.4.13 Vulnerable ·GNOME

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2010-0409
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vc3f-f54f-2jfx

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Other 4

Sources

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