CVE-2005-4592

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Bogofilter Email Filter: 0.93.5, 0.94.12, 0.94.14, 0.95.2, 0.96.2

References

http://bogofilter.sourceforge.net/security/bogofilter-SA-2005-02
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/18352
http://secunia.com/advisories/18717
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16171
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0100
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24119
http://bogofilter.sourceforge.net/security/bogofilter-SA-2005-02
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/18352
http://secunia.com/advisories/18717
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16171

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