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CVE-2012-0815: rpm Numeric Errors

CVSS: 6.8v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2012-0815
Published 04-06-2012Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-0815 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Numeric Errors vulnerability in rpm. EPSS estimates a 4.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.23%
0%100%
Low · -0.05 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Duplicates 1
DLA-140-1RHSA-2012:0451CVE-2011-3608

Timeline

  1. 04-06-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The headerVerifyInfo function in lib/header.c in RPM before 4.9.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a negative value in a region offset of a package header, which is not properly handled in a numeric range comparison.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.23%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.05 pp

From 4.28% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
4.23%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • rpm< 4.9.1.3-1
Rpm1 product
  • rpm≤ 4.9.1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3.1 | 1.4 | 1.4.1 | 1.4.2 | 1.4.2\/a | 1.4.3 | 1.4.4 | 1.4.5 | 1.4.6 | 1.4.7 | 2.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2 | 2.0.3 | 2.0.4 | 2.0.5 | 2.0.6 | 2.0.7 | 2.0.8 | 2.0.9 | 2.0.10 | 2.0.11 | 2.1 | 2.1.1 | 2.1.2 | 2.2 | 2.2.1 | 2.2.2 | 2.2.3 | 2.2.3.10 | 2.2.3.11 | 2.2.4 | 2.2.5 | 2.2.6 | 2.2.7 | 2.2.8 | 2.2.9 | 2.2.10 | 2.2.11 | 2.3 | 2.3.1 | 2.3.2 | 2.3.3 | 2.3.4 | 2.3.5 | 2.3.6 | 2.3.7 | 2.3.8 | 2.3.9 | 2.4.1 | 2.4.2 | 2.4.3 | 2.4.4 | 2.4.5 | 2.4.6 | 2.4.8 | 2.4.9 | 2.4.11 | 2.4.12 | 2.5 | 2.5.1 | 2.5.2 | 2.5.3 | 2.5.4 | 2.5.5 | 2.5.6 | 2.6.7 | 3.0 | 3.0.1 | 3.0.2 | 3.0.3 | 3.0.4 | 3.0.5 | 3.0.6 | 4.0. | 4.0.1 | 4.0.2 | 4.0.3 | 4.0.4 | 4.1 | 4.3.3 | 4.4.2.1 | 4.4.2.2 | 4.4.2.3 | 4.5.90 | 4.6.0 | 4.6.0:rc1 | 4.6.0:rc2 | 4.6.0:rc3 | 4.6.0:rc4 | 4.6.1 | 4.7.0 | 4.7.1 | 4.7.2 | 4.8.0 | 4.8.1 | 4.9.0 | 4.9.0:alpha | 4.9.0:beta1 | 4.9.0:rc1 | 4.9.1 | 4.9.1.1

2 vendors · 2 products

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