What is the CVSS score of CVE-2012-6128?

CVE-2012-6128 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (Medium). CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. EPSS exploitation probability: 1.0%.

Openconnect CVE-2012-6128

MEDIUM

Buffer Overflow (CWE-119)

2013-02-24 secalert@redhat.com

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Openconnect

5.0

CVSS 2.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

5.0 MEDIUM

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

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Feb 24, 2013 - 19:55 cve.org

MEDIUM 5.0

DescriptionCVE.org

AnalysisAI

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in http.c in OpenConnect before 4.08 allow remote VPN gateways to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long (1) hostname, (2) path, or (3) cookie. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), 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. Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in http.c in OpenConnect before 4.08 allow remote VPN gateways to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long (1) hostname, (2) path, or (3) cookie list in a response. Affected products include: Infradead Openconnect. Version information: before 4.08.

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.