Description
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.
Published: 2006-01-09
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 4.9% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-4586 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-240-1 bogofilter vulnerability
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Bogofilter Email Filter
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:53:27.817Z

Reserved: 2006-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-4591

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Status : Modified

Published: 2005-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-4591

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