Buffer overflow in IncrediMail - CVE-2010-5289
Published: August 25, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42631
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-5289
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Buffer overflow in the Authenticate method in the INCREDISPOOLERLib.Pop ActiveX control in ImSpoolU.dll in IncrediMail 2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long string in the first argument.
Affected software
IncrediMail
How to mitigate CVE-2010-5289
Install update from vendor's website.