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CVE-2012-0806
Buffer overflow in Bip 0.8.8 and earlier might allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a series…
Medium6.5EPSS 3.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
Buffer overflow in Bip 0.8.8 and earlier might allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a series of TCP connections that triggers use of many open file descriptors.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 8 days later
· 8 days later
Published
- 13 years later
· 13 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.3% · top 12% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- [oss-security] 20120124 Re: CVE request: bip buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- MDVSA-2013:063 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 47679 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://projects.duckcorp.org/projects/bip/repository/revisions/222a33cb84a2e52ad55a88900b7895bf9dd0262c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-0941 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-0916 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://projects.duckcorp.org/issues/269 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120124 CVE request: bip buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=657217 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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