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High severity · published Dec 30, 2019
CVE-2012-5645
A denial of service flaw was found in the way the server component of Freeciv before 2.3.4 processed certain packets
7.5
CVSS
4.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A denial of service flaw was found in the way the server component of Freeciv before 2.3.4 processed certain packets. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted packet that, when processed would lead to memory exhaustion or excessive CPU consumption.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.3% · higher than 91% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
16; 17; 18 · source: NVD
FR
Freeciv · Freeciv
before 2.3.4 · source: NVD
Affected product
FE
Fedora
Fedoraproject
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5645
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5645
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095378.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095381.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/096391.html
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/18/5
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/22/4
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/11
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