CVE-2005-4591
Heap-based buffer overflow in bogofilter 0.96.2, 0.95.2, 0.94.14, 0.94.12, and other versions from 0.93.5 to 0.96.2, when using Unicode databases, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
02 Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in bogofilter 0.96.2, 0.95.2, 0.94.14, 0.94.12, and other versions from 0.93.5 to 0.96.2, when using Unicode databases, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 5.51% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-01-09 19:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 23:53Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-01-01
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4c7133cf561d9eff580e41ebbb30e27e0d280ef7fa0bea5c30730cdd8b7d047c
05 Affected products
06 References
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-240-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/240-1/
- bogofilter.sourceforge.nethttp://bogofilter.sourceforge.net/security/bogofilter-SA-2005-01
- lists.suse.comSUSE-SR:2006:003http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0001.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-0100http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0100
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.combogofilter-unicode-bo(24118)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24118
- secunia.com18717http://secunia.com/advisories/18717
- www.securityfocus.com16171http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16171
- secunia.com18352http://secunia.com/advisories/18352
- secunia.com18427http://secunia.com/advisories/18427
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- bogofilter Fixed in 0.96.3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- bogofilter Fixed in 0.96.3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- bogofilter Fixed in 0.96.3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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