CVE-2012-1539

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

25.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 97.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Published

2012-11-14 00:00Z13 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-10-21 16:49Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2012-03-08

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.1)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant
• CWE-399

Data version

5.1

Document digest

a043541c56b472f83663ed7ecb54f1ae8b5fed35c0d6602c98f65238446c9b32

• oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:15886https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15886vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
• www.securitytracker.com1027749http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027749vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• docs.microsoft.comMS12-071https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-071vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
• www.securityfocus.com56421http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56421vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• secunia.com51202http://secunia.com/advisories/51202third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• www.us-cert.govTA12-318Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-318A.htmlthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT