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CVE-2012-5468

Heap-based buffer overflow in iconvert.c in the bogolexer component in Bogofilter before 1.2.3...

7.5 HighFix available

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.

Exploit likelihood

6.26%Down 1.3 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

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.

Record
CVE-2012-5468
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2012-5468
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-5387 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2012-5387
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pv39-69p9-h38r No score

Heap-based buffer overflow in iconvert.c in the bogolexer component in Bogofilter before 1.2.3...

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.

Record
GHSA-pv39-69p9-h38r
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

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.

Record
CVE-2012-5468
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2012-5468 No score

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5468
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10502-1 No score

bogofilter-common-1.2.4-9.6 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the bogofilter-common-1.2.4-9.6 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10502-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
bogofilter
Debian:12
 before 1.2.2+dfsg1-2
1.2.2+dfsg1-2
bogofilter
Debian:13
 before 1.2.2+dfsg1-2
1.2.2+dfsg1-2
bogofilter
Debian:14
 before 1.2.2+dfsg1-2
1.2.2+dfsg1-2
bogofilter
Debian:6.0
 before 1.2.2-2+squeeze1, plus listed versions
1.2.2-2
1.2.2-2+squeeze1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2012-5468 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Bogofilter Project Bogofilter, published December 11, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 6.26%, the 93rd percentile. Fixed in bogofilter 1.2.2+dfsg1-2.

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