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CVE-2012-6429
Buffer overflow in the PrepareSync method in the SyncService.dll ActiveX control in Samsung Kies before 2.5.1.12123_2_7 allows remote…
High10.0EPSS 15.8%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in the PrepareSync method in the SyncService.dll ActiveX control in Samsung Kies before 2.5.1.12123_2_7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string to the password argument.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 16 months later
· 16 months later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 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 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 15.8% · top 3.1% 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: High 10.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23136 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- kies-activex-control-bo(81160) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20130109 Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Samsung Kies (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 57249 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/119423/Samsung-Kies-2.5.0.12114_1-Buffer-Overflow.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 89118 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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