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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 18, 2012· Updated Apr 29, 2026

CVE-2012-5468

CVE-2012-5468

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.

Affected products

15
  • cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 14 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.2.2
    • cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

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