FKIE_CVE-2012-5468

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-12-18 01:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:46
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Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bogofilter.sourceforge.net/security/bogofilter-SA-2012-01Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bogofilter?view=revision&revision=6973Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bogofilter?view=revision&revision=6975Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/51334Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/51521Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2585
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:064
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/03/13
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56804
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883358
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80524
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bogofilter.sourceforge.net/security/bogofilter-SA-2012-01Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bogofilter?view=revision&revision=6973Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bogofilter?view=revision&revision=6975Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/51334Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/51521Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2585
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:064
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/03/13
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56804
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883358
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80524
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
bogofilter_project bogofilter *
bogofilter_project bogofilter 1.0.0
bogofilter_project bogofilter 1.0.1
bogofilter_project bogofilter 1.0.2
bogofilter_project bogofilter 1.0.3
bogofilter_project bogofilter 1.1.0
bogofilter_project bogofilter 1.1.1
bogofilter_project bogofilter 1.1.2
bogofilter_project bogofilter 1.1.3
bogofilter_project bogofilter 1.1.4
bogofilter_project bogofilter 1.1.5
bogofilter_project bogofilter 1.1.6
bogofilter_project bogofilter 1.1.7
bogofilter_project bogofilter 1.2.0
bogofilter_project bogofilter 1.2.1
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