CVE-2012-4415 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 13.6% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the guac_client_plugin_open function in libguac in Guacamole before 0.6.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long protocol name.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 13.58% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2012-10-01 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| fedoraproject | fedora |
| guac-dev | guacamole |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | libguac - Remote Buffer Overflow | 2012-09-11 |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-09/0107.html
- http://guac-dev.org/trac/changeset/7dcefa744b4a38825619c00ae8b47e5bae6e38c0/libguac
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/088031.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/088218.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/088272.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/11/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/11/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55497
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=856743
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-09/0107.html
- http://guac-dev.org/trac/changeset/7dcefa744b4a38825619c00ae8b47e5bae6e38c0/libguac
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/088031.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/088218.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/088272.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/11/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/11/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55497
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=856743
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