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
02 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
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
- 6.25% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.4% 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
- 2012-12-18 01:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 21:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-10-24
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0c82ffe3f0d73bbfca7d5ac807f997ad825a89af9e45063f6abea0661a60d88d
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2013:064http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:064
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20121204 CVE-2012-5468: bogofilter-SA-2012-01http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/03/13
- secunia.com51521http://secunia.com/advisories/51521
- bogofilter.sourceforge.nethttp://bogofilter.sourceforge.net/security/bogofilter-SA-2012-01
- www.securityfocus.com56804http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56804
- www.debian.orgDSA-2585http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2585
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883358
- secunia.com51334http://secunia.com/advisories/51334
- bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.nethttp://bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bogofilter?view=revision&revision=6973
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.combogofilter-bogolexer-base64-dos(80524)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80524
- bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.nethttp://bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bogofilter?view=revision&revision=6975
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- bogofilter Fixed in 1.2.2+dfsg1-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- bogofilter Fixed in 1.2.2+dfsg1-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- bogofilter Fixed in 1.2.2+dfsg1-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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