CVE-2012-5468

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Desbordamiento de búfer en memoria dinámica en iconvert.c en el componente bogolexer en Bogofilter anteriores a v1.2.3 permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (caída) y posiblemente ejecutar código arbitrario a través de un correo electrónico que contiene una cadena base64 que se decodifica a caracteres multibyte incompletos.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2012-10-24 CVE Reserved
2012-12-18 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (11)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/03/13	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56804	Vdb Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883358	X_refsource_misc
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80524	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
http://bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bogofilter?view=revision&revision=6975	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC
http://bogofilter.sourceforge.net/security/bogofilter-SA-2012-01	2017-08-29
http://bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bogofilter?view=revision&revision=6973	2017-08-29

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/51334	2017-08-29
http://secunia.com/advisories/51521	2017-08-29
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2585	2017-08-29
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:064	2017-08-29

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Bogofilter Project Search vendor "Bogofilter Project"		Bogofilter Search vendor "Bogofilter Project" for product "Bogofilter"				<= 1.2.2 Search vendor "Bogofilter Project" for product "Bogofilter" and version " <= 1.2.2"		-		Affected
Bogofilter Project Search vendor "Bogofilter Project"		Bogofilter Search vendor "Bogofilter Project" for product "Bogofilter"				1.0.0 Search vendor "Bogofilter Project" for product "Bogofilter" and version "1.0.0"		-		Affected
Bogofilter Project Search vendor "Bogofilter Project"		Bogofilter Search vendor "Bogofilter Project" for product "Bogofilter"				1.0.1 Search vendor "Bogofilter Project" for product "Bogofilter" and version "1.0.1"		-		Affected
Bogofilter Project Search vendor "Bogofilter Project"		Bogofilter Search vendor "Bogofilter Project" for product "Bogofilter"				1.0.2 Search vendor "Bogofilter Project" for product "Bogofilter" and version "1.0.2"		-		Affected
Bogofilter Project Search vendor "Bogofilter Project"		Bogofilter Search vendor "Bogofilter Project" for product "Bogofilter"				1.0.3 Search vendor "Bogofilter Project" for product "Bogofilter" and version "1.0.3"		-		Affected
Bogofilter Project Search vendor "Bogofilter Project"		Bogofilter Search vendor "Bogofilter Project" for product "Bogofilter"				1.1.0 Search vendor "Bogofilter Project" for product "Bogofilter" and version "1.1.0"		-		Affected
Bogofilter Project Search vendor "Bogofilter Project"		Bogofilter Search vendor "Bogofilter Project" for product "Bogofilter"				1.1.1 Search vendor "Bogofilter Project" for product "Bogofilter" and version "1.1.1"		-		Affected
Bogofilter Project Search vendor "Bogofilter Project"		Bogofilter Search vendor "Bogofilter Project" for product "Bogofilter"				1.1.2 Search vendor "Bogofilter Project" for product "Bogofilter" and version "1.1.2"		-		Affected
Bogofilter Project Search vendor "Bogofilter Project"		Bogofilter Search vendor "Bogofilter Project" for product "Bogofilter"				1.1.3 Search vendor "Bogofilter Project" for product "Bogofilter" and version "1.1.3"		-		Affected
Bogofilter Project Search vendor "Bogofilter Project"		Bogofilter Search vendor "Bogofilter Project" for product "Bogofilter"				1.1.4 Search vendor "Bogofilter Project" for product "Bogofilter" and version "1.1.4"		-		Affected
Bogofilter Project Search vendor "Bogofilter Project"		Bogofilter Search vendor "Bogofilter Project" for product "Bogofilter"				1.1.5 Search vendor "Bogofilter Project" for product "Bogofilter" and version "1.1.5"		-		Affected
Bogofilter Project Search vendor "Bogofilter Project"		Bogofilter Search vendor "Bogofilter Project" for product "Bogofilter"				1.1.6 Search vendor "Bogofilter Project" for product "Bogofilter" and version "1.1.6"		-		Affected
Bogofilter Project Search vendor "Bogofilter Project"		Bogofilter Search vendor "Bogofilter Project" for product "Bogofilter"				1.1.7 Search vendor "Bogofilter Project" for product "Bogofilter" and version "1.1.7"		-		Affected
Bogofilter Project Search vendor "Bogofilter Project"		Bogofilter Search vendor "Bogofilter Project" for product "Bogofilter"				1.2.0 Search vendor "Bogofilter Project" for product "Bogofilter" and version "1.2.0"		-		Affected
Bogofilter Project Search vendor "Bogofilter Project"		Bogofilter Search vendor "Bogofilter Project" for product "Bogofilter"				1.2.1 Search vendor "Bogofilter Project" for product "Bogofilter" and version "1.2.1"		-		Affected