CVE-2012-5468

Bogofilter <1.2.3 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in iconvert.c in the bogolexer component in Bogofilter before 1.2.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an email containing a base64 string that is decoded to incomplete multibyte characters.

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:064
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/03/13
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/51521
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://bogofilter.sourceforge.net/security/bogofilter-SA-2012-01
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56804
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2585
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883358
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/51334
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80524

Scores

EPSS 0.0626
EPSS Percentile 92.7%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (15)
bogofilter_project/bogofilter 1.0.0
bogofilter_project/bogofilter 1.0.1
bogofilter_project/bogofilter 1.0.2
bogofilter_project/bogofilter 1.0.3
bogofilter_project/bogofilter 1.1.0
bogofilter_project/bogofilter 1.1.1
bogofilter_project/bogofilter 1.1.2
bogofilter_project/bogofilter 1.1.3
bogofilter_project/bogofilter 1.1.4
bogofilter_project/bogofilter 1.1.5
... and 5 more
Published Dec 18, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026