$ cve CVE-2012-0985 JSON

CVE-2012-0985 EXPLOIT

9.3

HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 13% (pctl 96)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the Wireless Manager ActiveX control 4.0.0.0 in WifiMan.dll in Sony VAIO PC Wireless LAN Wizard 1.0; VAIO Wireless Wizard 1.00, 1.00_64, 1.0.1, 2.0, and 3.0; SmartWi Connection Utility 4.7, 4.7.4, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, and 4.11; and VAIO Easy Connect software 1.0.0 and 1.1.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in the second argument of the (1) SetTmpProfileOption or (2) ConnectToNetwork method.

Scoring

CVSS	9.3 (HIGH, v2.0)
Vector	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS	12.98% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-119
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2012-06-07
Last modified	2026-06-16

Affected (4)

Vendor	Product
sony	smartwi connection utillity
sony	vaio easy connect
sony	vaio pc wireless lan wizard
sony	vaio wireless wizard

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	Sony VAIO Wireless Manager 4.0.0.0 - Buffer Overflow	2012-05-31

References

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