Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 18, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 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.
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Affected products
16cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 15 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <1.2.3
Patches
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References
11- bogofilter.sourceforge.net/security/bogofilter-SA-2012-01nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bogofilternvdPatch
- bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bogofilternvdExploit
- secunia.com/advisories/51334nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/51521nvdVendor Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2585nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/03/13nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/56804nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80524nvd
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