CVE-2012-4406: fedoraproject fedora Deserialization of Untrusted Data
CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalModified
AliasesGHSA-v7mh-3jgf-r26cPYSEC-2026-545RHSA-2012:1379DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4406
Published 22-10-2012Last modified 06-08-2024
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2012-4406 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 6.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (NVD)EPSS score
6.57%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 daysKEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 22-10-2012PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
OpenStack Object Storage (swift) before 1.7.0 uses the loads function in the pickle Python module unsafely when storing and loading metadata in memcached, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted pickle object.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versionsCritical 9.8Preferred score · NVD (NIST)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HSourcesAll 3 agree
- OSV · PypiEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
High 7.5Preferred score · NVD (NIST)
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PSourcesSingle source
EPSS trend
Probability
6.57%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
94%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 6.57% on 18-09-2026
18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score6.57%
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Redhat11 products
- enterprise_linux_server5.0 | 6.0
- gluster_storage_management_console2.0
- gluster_storage_server_for_on-premise2.0
- storage2.0
- storage_for_public_cloud2.0
Debian1 product
- swift< 1.4.8-2
Fedoraproject1 product
- fedoraEOL16
Openstack1 product
- swift< 1.7.0
PyPI1 product
- swift< 1.7.0
5 vendors · 15 products
References
23 links- github.com/openstack/swift/commit/e1ff51c04554d51616d2845f92ab726cb0e5831aX Refsource CONFIRMPatchWEB
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089472.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORAMailing ListWEB
Show all 23 references
- opendev.org/openstack/swiftPACKAGE
- pypi.org/project/swiftPACKAGE
