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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2005-4592

Heap-based buffer overflow in bogofilter and bogolexer 0.96.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via words that are longer than the input buffer used by flex.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 4.64%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.64%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in bogofilter and bogolexer 0.96.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via words that are longer than the input buffer used by flex.

CVSS 2.0
7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
4.64% probability · 91th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
bogofilter/email filter
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.