CVE-2005-4592
Heap-based buffer overflow in bogofilter and bogolexer 0.96.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via words that are longer than the input
02 Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in bogofilter and bogolexer 0.96.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via words that are longer than the input
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
- 4.63% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.4% 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
- 72b2142e41b05af254a262e91e587234c24d419468af95fb17bf65941c6f5e7c
05 Affected products
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.combogofilter-long-word-bo(24119)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24119
- 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
- secunia.com18717http://secunia.com/advisories/18717
- www.securityfocus.com16171http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16171
- bogofilter.sourceforge.nethttp://bogofilter.sourceforge.net/security/bogofilter-SA-2005-02
- secunia.com18352http://secunia.com/advisories/18352
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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