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CVE-2012-5468
Published: Dec 18, 2012
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
MDVSA-2013:064
vendor-advisory
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[oss-security] 20121204 CVE-2012-5468: bogofilter-SA-2012-01
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
51521
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://bogofilter.sourceforge.net/security/bogofilter-SA-2012-01
x_refsource_CONFIRM
56804
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
DSA-2585
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883358
x_refsource_MISC
51334
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
bogofilter-bogolexer-base64-dos(80524)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
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