CVE-2012-4460: apache qpid

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-4460 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in apache qpid. EPSS estimates a 3.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 12-03-2013
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The serializing/deserializing functions in the qpid::framing::Buffer class in Apache Qpid 0.20 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this issue could also trigger an out-of-bounds read, but it might not trigger a crash.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.