CVE-2005-4592 describes a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in bogofilter and bogolexer versions 0.96.2. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code by supplying excessively long words that exceed the input buffer. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, with potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.93.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:bogofilter:email_filter:0.93.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.94.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:bogofilter:email_filter:0.94.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.94.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:bogofilter:email_filter:0.94.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.95.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:bogofilter:email_filter:0.95.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.96.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:bogofilter:email_filter:0.96.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.