CVE-2012-6438

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.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited 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

27.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 97.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

2013-01-24 21:00Z13 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-06-03 13:38Z4 MO AGO

Reserved

2012-12-26

Assigning CNA

icscert

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.2

Document digest

119bdea74ee9814555db3e81c957bbf684d86c5dde9fe1a1c8ddaf0a9349de78

• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-13-011-03
• rockwellautomation.custhelp.comhttps://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/470154
• rockwellautomation.custhelp.comhttps://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/aid/470155
• rockwellautomation.custhelp.comhttps://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/aid/470156
• rockwellautomation.custhelp.comhttp://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/54102
• www.us-cert.govhttp://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-13-011-03.pdfx_refsource_MISC