HIGH
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
Published Dec 18, 2012
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.26%
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
No data.
OR
- ≤ 1.2.2
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.1.0
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
- 1.1.3
- 1.1.4
- 1.1.5
- 1.1.6
- 1.1.7
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
6.26% 0.06259
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.06259
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 6.26% (0.06259) | 93.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.26% (0.06259) | 92.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 6.08% (0.06080) | 89.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 9.95% (0.09946) | 88.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 6.08% (0.06080) | 90.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 7.65% (0.07647) | 94.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 18, 2024 | 20.03% (0.20026) | 96.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 17.89% (0.17888) | 95.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 7.54% (0.07544) | 92.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 7.54% (0.07544) | 92.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 7.54% (0.07544) | 81.06th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (11)
- http://bogofilter.sourceforge.net/security/bogofilter-SA-2012-01 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bogofilter?view=revision&revision=6973 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bogofilter?view=revision&revision=6975 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51334 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51521 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2585 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:064 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/03/13 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56804 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883358 x_refsource_MISC
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80524 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bogofilter.sourceforge.net/security/bogofilter-SA-2012-01 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bogofilter?view=revision&revision=6973 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bogofilter?view=revision&revision=6975 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/51334 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/51521 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2585 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:064 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/03/13 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56804 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883358 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80524 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 18, 2012
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Oct 24, 2012
Link CVE-2012-5468
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a