CVE-2012-0270 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 54.7% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Csound before 5.16.6 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) hetro file to the getnum function in util/heti_main.c or (2) PVOC file to the getnum function in util/pv_import.c.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 54.67% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2014-02-17 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| csounds | csound |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Csound - '.hetro' File Handling Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) | 2012-04-06 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00027.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-03/msg00027.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47585
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2012-3/
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/csound/files/csound5/csound5.16/Version5.16_Notes/view
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00027.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-03/msg00027.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47585
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2012-3/
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/csound/files/csound5/csound5.16/Version5.16_Notes/view
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