CVE-2012-0219: dest-unreach socat
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2012-0219 is a medium (CVSS 6.2) vulnerability in dest-unreach socat. EPSS estimates a 0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 6.2, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Timeline
- 21-06-2012PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the xioscan_readline function in xio-readline.c in socat 1.4.0.0 through 1.7.2.0 and 2.0.0-b1 through 2.0.0-b4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via the READLINE address.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
0.46%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
40%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.46% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- socat< 1.7.1.3-1.3
Dest-unreach1 product
- socat1.4.0.0 | 1.4.0.1 | 1.4.0.2 | 1.4.0.3 | 1.4.1.0 | 1.4.2.0 | 1.4.3.1 | 1.5.0.0 | 1.6.0.0 | 1.6.0.1 | 1.7.0.0 | 1.7.0.1 | 1.7.1.0 | 1.7.1.1 | 1.7.1.2 | 1.7.1.3 | 1.7.2.0 | 2.0.0:b1 | 2.0.0:b2 | 2.0.0:b3 | 2.0.0:b4
2 vendors · 2 products
References
13 links- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081882.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081619.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
