CVE-2012-6151: apple mac_os_x Resource Management Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2012-6151 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in apple mac_os_x. EPSS estimates a 9.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 13-12-2013PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Net-SNMP 5.7.1 and earlier, when AgentX is registering to handle a MIB and processing GETNEXT requests, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or infinite loop, CPU consumption, and hang) by causing the AgentX subagent to timeout.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
9.45%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
95%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 9.45% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
3 foundExploit Reference (securityfocus.com)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (sourceforge.net)
Maturity: unknown
Net-SNMP - SNMPD AgentX Subagent Timeout Denial of Service
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Redhat7 products
- net-snmp< 1:5.5-44.el6_4.4
- net-snmp-debuginfo< 1:5.5-44.el6_4.4
- net-snmp-devel< 1:5.5-44.el6_4.4
- net-snmp-libs< 1:5.5-44.el6_4.4
- net-snmp-perl< 1:5.5-44.el6_4.4
Apple1 product
- mac_os_x10.11.0
Canonical1 product
- ubuntu_linuxEOL10.04 | 12.04 | 12.10 | 13.10
Debian1 product
- net-snmp< 5.7.2.1~dfsg-3
Mageia1 product
- net-snmp< 5.7.2-7.1.mga3
Net-snmp1 product
- net-snmp≤ 5.7.1 | 5.0 | 5.0.1 | 5.0.2 | 5.0.3 | 5.0.4 | 5.0.5 | 5.0.6 | 5.0.7 | 5.0.8 | 5.0.9 | 5.1 | 5.1.2 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.3.0.1 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.7
6 vendors · 12 products
References
26 links- support.apple.com/HT205375X Refsource CONFIRM
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- kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705X Refsource CONFIRM
