CVE-2012-0920
Use-after-free vulnerability in Dropbear SSH Server 0.52 through 2012.54, when command restriction and public key authentication are enabled, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary
02 Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in Dropbear SSH Server 0.52 through 2012.54, when command restriction and public key authentication are enabled, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary
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
- 6.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.5% 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
- 2012-06-05 22:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 18:38Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-01-26
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1e6a937af1a23fa5d23919157219a17adb54bb96e36d41949dc426ca0343af72
05 Affected products
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comdropbear-code-execution(73444)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73444
- secunia.com48147http://secunia.com/advisories/48147
- www.debian.orgDSA-2456http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2456
- www.osvdb.org79590http://www.osvdb.org/79590
- matt.ucc.asn.auhttp://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/CHANGES
- www.securityfocus.com52159http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52159
- secure.ucc.asn.auhttps://secure.ucc.asn.au/hg/dropbear/rev/818108bf7749
- www.mantor.orghttps://www.mantor.org/~northox/misc/CVE-2012-0920.html
- secunia.com48929http://secunia.com/advisories/48929
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- dropbear Fixed in 2012.55-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- dropbear Fixed in 2012.55-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- dropbear Fixed in 2012.55-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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