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CVE-2012-0845: python Resource Management Errors

Modified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2012-0845
Published 05-10-2012Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-0845 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in python. EPSS estimates a 5.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
5.40%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 16 · Related 14
DLA-25-1OPENSUSE-SU-2020:0086-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10536-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11202-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11283-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11284-1

Timeline

  1. 05-10-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

SimpleXMLRPCServer.py in SimpleXMLRPCServer in Python before 2.6.8, 2.7.x before 2.7.3, 3.x before 3.1.5, and 3.2.x before 3.2.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via an XML-RPC POST request that contains a smaller amount of data than specified by the Content-Length header.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

5.40%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

93%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 5.40% on 05-10-2026

05-10-202604-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugs.python.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian1 product
  • python2.7< 2.7.3~rc1-1
Python1 product
  • pythonEOL≤ 2.6.7 | 0.9.0 | 0.9.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.5.2 | 1.6 | 1.6.1 | 2.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.1 | 2.1.1 | 2.1.2 | 2.1.3 | 2.2 | 2.2.1 | 2.2.2 | 2.2.3 | 2.3.1 | 2.3.2 | 2.3.3 | 2.3.4 | 2.3.5 | 2.3.7 | 2.4.1 | 2.4.2 | 2.4.3 | 2.4.4 | 2.4.6 | 2.5.1 | 2.5.2 | 2.5.3 | 2.5.4 | 2.5.6 | 2.5.150 | 2.6.1 | 2.6.2 | 2.6.3 | 2.6.4 | 2.6.5 | 2.6.6 | 2.6.2150 | 2.6.6150 | 2.7.1 | 2.7.1:rc1 | 2.7.2:rc1 | 2.7.1150 | 2.7.2150 | 3.0 | 3.0.1 | 3.1 | 3.1.1 | 3.1.2 | 3.1.3 | 3.1.4 | 3.2 | 3.2:alpha | 3.2.2150

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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