CVE-2012-5468

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v2

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

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 7.5

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
2012-12-12 CVE Published
2024-07-18 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
---------- 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