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CVE-2012-1165: openssl Resource Management Errors

Modified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2012-1165
Published 15-03-2012Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-1165 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in openssl. EPSS estimates a 6.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

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
6.53%
0%100%
Low · -0.24 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 3
DSA-2454-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11127-1RHSA-2012:0426SUSE-SU-403SUSE-SU-403_FORBIDDEN-1

Timeline

  1. 15-03-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The mime_param_cmp function in crypto/asn1/asn_mime.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8u and 1.x before 1.0.0h allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted S/MIME message, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-7250.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

6.53%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

94%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Decrease -0.24 pp

From 6.77% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

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

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

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
  • openssl< 1.0.0h-1
Openssl1 product
  • opensslEOL≤ 0.9.8t | 0.9.1c | 0.9.2b | 0.9.3 | 0.9.3a | 0.9.4 | 0.9.5 | 0.9.5:beta1 | 0.9.5:beta2 | 0.9.5a | 0.9.5a:beta1 | 0.9.5a:beta2 | 0.9.6 | 0.9.6:beta1 | 0.9.6:beta2 | 0.9.6:beta3 | 0.9.6a | 0.9.6a:beta1 | 0.9.6a:beta2 | 0.9.6a:beta3 | 0.9.6b | 0.9.6c | 0.9.6d | 0.9.6e | 0.9.6f | 0.9.6g | 0.9.6h | 0.9.6i | 0.9.6j | 0.9.6k | 0.9.6l | 0.9.6m | 0.9.7 | 0.9.7:beta1 | 0.9.7:beta2 | 0.9.7:beta3 | 0.9.7:beta4 | 0.9.7:beta5 | 0.9.7:beta6 | 0.9.7a | 0.9.7b | 0.9.7c | 0.9.7d | 0.9.7e | 0.9.7f | 0.9.7g | 0.9.7h | 0.9.7i | 0.9.7j | 0.9.7k | 0.9.7l | 0.9.7m | 0.9.8 | 0.9.8a | 0.9.8b | 0.9.8c | 0.9.8d | 0.9.8e | 0.9.8f | 0.9.8g | 0.9.8h | 0.9.8i | 0.9.8j | 0.9.8k | 0.9.8l | 0.9.8m | 0.9.8m:beta1 | 0.9.8n | 0.9.8o | 0.9.8p | 0.9.8q | 0.9.8r | 0.9.8s | 1.0.0 | 1.0.0:beta1 | 1.0.0:beta2 | 1.0.0:beta3 | 1.0.0:beta4 | 1.0.0:beta5 | 1.0.0a | 1.0.0b | 1.0.0c | 1.0.0d | 1.0.0e | 1.0.0f | 1.0.0g

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