CVE-2012-4415
Stack-based buffer overflow in the guac_client_plugin_open function in libguac in Guacamole before 0.6.3 allows remote attackers to cause…
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- redhat
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the guac_client_plugin_open function in libguac in Guacamole before 0.6.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long protocol name.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- libguac - Remote Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 37788remote, linuxpublished 11 Sept 2012Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 41 days later
· 41 days later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 13.6% · top 3.5% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- 55497 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=856743 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120911 Re: CVE id request: guacd (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-14097 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://guac-dev.org/trac/changeset/7dcefa744b4a38825619c00ae8b47e5bae6e38c0/libguac (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120911 CVE id request: guacd (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-13914 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-14179 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 20120924 CVE-2012-4415: guacamole local root vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2012-4351 (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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