What is the CVSS score of CVE-2012-4465?

CVE-2012-4465 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.5 (Medium). CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P. EPSS exploitation probability: 3.5%.

Cgit CVE-2012-4465

MEDIUM

Buffer Overflow (CWE-119)

2012-10-10 secalert@redhat.com

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service RCE Cgit

6.5

CVSS 2.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

6.5 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Oct 10, 2012 - 18:55 cve.org

MEDIUM 6.5

DescriptionCVE.org

Heap-based buffer overflow in the substr function in parsing.c in cgit 0.9.0.3 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an empty username in the "Author" field in a commit.

AnalysisAI

Heap-based buffer overflow in the substr function in parsing.c in cgit 0.9.0.3 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Buffer Overflow (CWE-119), which allows attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application. Heap-based buffer overflow in the substr function in parsing.c in cgit 0.9.0.3 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an empty username in the "Author" field in a commit. Affected products include: Lars Hjemli Cgit.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Use memory-safe languages or bounds-checking. Enable ASLR, DEP/NX, stack canaries. Use safe string functions.