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CVE-2005-4591

Heap-based buffer overflow in bogofilter 0.96.2, 0.95.2, 0.94.14, 0.94.12, and other versions from 0.93.5 to 0.96.2, whe

Heap-based buffer overflow in bogofilter 0.96.2, 0.95.2, 0.94.14, 0.94.12, and other versions from 0.93.5 to 0.96.2, when using Unicode databases, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via "invalid input sequences" that lead to heap corruption when bogofilter or bogolexer converts character sets.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.0493
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

1
bogofilter email filterall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD31 Dec 2005 · 05:00 AM
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Vendor Advisories

1
usnUSN-240-1
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://bogofilter.sourceforge.net/security/bogofilter-SA-2005-01PatchVendor Advisory
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/18352PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18427
http://secunia.com/advisories/18717
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16171Patch
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