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TI-2012-04588 Aliases CVE-2012-5468GHSA-pv39-69p9-h38r

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

Priority MEDIUM 42CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.06259 93rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 15

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.2.2VulnerableBogofilter Project
cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.0VulnerableBogofilter Project
cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.1VulnerableBogofilter Project
cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.2VulnerableBogofilter Project
cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.3VulnerableBogofilter Project
cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.0VulnerableBogofilter Project
cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.1VulnerableBogofilter Project
cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.2VulnerableBogofilter Project
cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.3VulnerableBogofilter Project
cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.4VulnerableBogofilter Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.2.2 Vulnerable ·Bogofilter Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.0 Vulnerable ·Bogofilter Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.1 Vulnerable ·Bogofilter Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.2 Vulnerable ·Bogofilter Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.3 Vulnerable ·Bogofilter Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.0 Vulnerable ·Bogofilter Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.1 Vulnerable ·Bogofilter Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.2 Vulnerable ·Bogofilter Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.3 Vulnerable ·Bogofilter Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.4 Vulnerable ·Bogofilter Project
Show 5 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.5VulnerableBogofilter Project
cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.6VulnerableBogofilter Project
cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.7VulnerableBogofilter Project
cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.0VulnerableBogofilter Project
cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.1VulnerableBogofilter Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.5 Vulnerable ·Bogofilter Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.6 Vulnerable ·Bogofilter Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.7 Vulnerable ·Bogofilter Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.0 Vulnerable ·Bogofilter Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.1 Vulnerable ·Bogofilter Project

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-5468
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pv39-69p9-h38r

References

Exploit 1

Patch 2

Advisory 2

Other 2

Sources

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