CVE-2012-5468

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.

Weakness classification

• CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Primary references

• cve@mitre.org — Patch, Vendor Advisory
• cve@mitre.org — Patch
• cve@mitre.org — Exploit
• cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
• cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
• cve@mitre.org
• cve@mitre.org
• cve@mitre.org
• cve@mitre.org
• cve@mitre.org
• cve@mitre.org
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Vendor Advisory