CVE-2012-5468

Public Exploit

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 6.08% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory sourceforge.net Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:064 vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/03/13 mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/51521 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://bogofilter.sourceforge.net/security/bogofilter-SA-2012-01 patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56804 vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2585 vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883358
http://secunia.com/advisories/51334 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bogofilter?view=revision&revision=6973 patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80524 vdb entry
http://bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bogofilter?view=revision&revision=6975 exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-5468?
CVE-2012-5468 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-5468?
To fix CVE-2012-5468, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-5468 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-5468 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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