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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-5468 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.08%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-03-30 | 9.95% | 6.08% | -3.87% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 6.08% | 9.95% | +3.87% |
| 3 | 2025-03-17 | — | 6.08% | — |
Full EPSS history (8 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2012-5468 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (bogofilter), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5468 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2012-5468 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (bogofilter), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, upstream): released 5, ignored 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5468 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| bogofilter_project | bogofilter | <= 1.2.2 | cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bogofilter_project | bogofilter | 1.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bogofilter_project | bogofilter | 1.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bogofilter_project | bogofilter | 1.0.2 | cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bogofilter_project | bogofilter | 1.0.3 | cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bogofilter_project | bogofilter | 1.1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bogofilter_project | bogofilter | 1.1.1 | cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bogofilter_project | bogofilter | 1.1.2 | cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bogofilter_project | bogofilter | 1.1.3 | cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bogofilter_project | bogofilter | 1.1.4 | cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bogofilter_project | bogofilter | 1.1.5 | cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bogofilter_project | bogofilter | 1.1.6 | cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bogofilter_project | bogofilter | 1.1.7 | cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bogofilter_project | bogofilter | 1.2.0 | cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bogofilter_project | bogofilter | 1.2.1 | cpe:2.3:a:bogofilter_project:bogofilter:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |