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High
CVE-2012-5468
Heap-based buffer overflow in iconvert.c in the bogolexer component in...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:064
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/03/13
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51521
- http://bogofilter.sourceforge.net/security/bogofilter-SA-2012-01
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56804
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2585
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883358
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51334
- http://bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bogofilter?view=revision&revision=6973
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80524
- http://bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bogofilter?view=revision&revision=6975
Affected Vendor
bogofilter project
View all reports →Affected Software
bogofilter
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.5, 1.1.6, 1.1.7, 1.2.0, 1.2.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 18th, 2012
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.