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    CVE-2012-5468

    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.

    Published:Dec 18, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Dec 18, 2012
    EPSS Score:0.0608
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Bogofilter Project
    Product
    Bogofilter

    Exploits

    http://bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bogofilter?view=revision&revision=6975http://bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bogofilter?view=revision&revision=6975

    References

    http://bogofilter.sourceforge.net/security/bogofilter-SA-2012-01
    http://bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bogofilter?view=revision&revision=6973
    http://bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bogofilter?view=revision&revision=6975
    http://secunia.com/advisories/51334
    http://secunia.com/advisories/51521
    http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2585
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:064
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/03/13
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56804
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883358
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80524
    http://bogofilter.sourceforge.net/security/bogofilter-SA-2012-01
    http://bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bogofilter?view=revision&revision=6973
    http://bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bogofilter?view=revision&revision=6975
    http://secunia.com/advisories/51334
    http://secunia.com/advisories/51521
    http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2585
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:064
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/03/13
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56804
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883358
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80524

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High