DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5468

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5468
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5468.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5468
Upstream
Published
2012-12-18T01:55:03Z
Modified
2025-09-25T00:27:27.682422Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / bogofilter

Package

Name
bogofilter
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/bogofilter?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.2.2+dfsg1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / bogofilter

Package

Name
bogofilter
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/bogofilter?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.2.2+dfsg1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / bogofilter

Package

Name
bogofilter
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/bogofilter?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.2.2+dfsg1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / bogofilter

Package

Name
bogofilter
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/bogofilter?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.2.2+dfsg1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}