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sylpheed -- MIME-encoded file name buffer overflow vulnerability

Description:

Sylpheed is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when displaying emails with attachments that have MIME-encoded file names. This could be used by a remote attacker to crash sylpheed potentially allowing execution of arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running sylpheed.

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portaudit: sylpheed -- MIME-encoded file name buffer overflow vulnerability

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Oliver Eikemeier <eik@FreeBSD.org>