Unscored severity · published Aug 27, 2012
CVE-2012-3420
Multiple memory leaks in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) before 3.6.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or daemon crash) via a large number of…
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CVSS
3.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Multiple memory leaks in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) before 3.6.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or daemon crash) via a large number of PDUs with (1) a crafted context number to the DoFetch function in pmcd/src/dofetch.c or (2) a negative type value to the __pmGetPDU function in libpcp/src/pdu.c.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.6% · higher than 89% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PC
Performance Co-pilot · Sgi
through 3.6.4; 2.1.1; 2.1.2; 2.1.3; 2.1.4; 2.1.5; +7 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3420
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3420
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-August/085324.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-August/085333.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00024.html
oss.sgi.com
http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=CHANGELOG%3Bh=16c9cbb2f61d909487ea1c3171f4ab33e5648ac5%3Bhb=fe51067ae869a4d59f350ac319b09edcb77ac8e6
oss.sgi.com
http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=68fb968b4ee635bb301dc9ab64e633b0d66d27b4
oss.sgi.com
http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a7dc844d3586ea79887655a97c4252a79751fdae
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