7.5

CVE-2005-4592: bogofilter email_filter

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2005-4592
Published 09-01-2006Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-4592 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in bogofilter email_filter. EPSS estimates a 4.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.64%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 09-01-2006
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.64%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.64% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
4.64%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Bogofilter1 product
Debian1 product
  • bogofilter< 0.96.3

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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