CVE-2012-0219
Heap-based buffer overflow in the xioscan_readline function in xio-readline.c in socat 1.4.0.0 through 1.7.2.0 and 2.0.0-b1 through 2.0.0-b4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via the
02 Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the xioscan_readline function in xio-readline.c in socat 1.4.0.0 through 1.7.2.0 and 2.0.0-b1 through 2.0.0-b4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via the
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 39.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-06-21 15:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 18:16Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-12-14
- Assigning CNA
- debian
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 77256859b8adc4ee21b99e1511fb07622369f86cc9056b17dba91e7e3742c355
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com49746http://secunia.com/advisories/49746
- www.securitytracker.com1027064http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027064
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-8328http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081882.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201208-01http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201208-01.xml
- www.dest-unreach.orghttp://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/contrib/socat-secadv3.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-8274http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081619.html
- www.lwn.netopenSUSE-SU-2012:0809http://www.lwn.net/Articles/504742/
- www.securityfocus.com53510http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53510
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2013:169http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:169
- www.osvdb.org81969http://www.osvdb.org/81969
- secunia.com49105http://secunia.com/advisories/49105
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120514 socat security advisoryhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/14/2
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- socat Fixed in 1.7.1.3-1.3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- socat Fixed in 1.7.1.3-1.3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- socat Fixed in 1.7.1.3-1.3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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