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CVE-2012-1502
Double free vulnerability in the PyPAM_conv in PAMmodule.c in PyPam 0.5.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…
High7.5EPSS 14.1%
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- mitre
Description
Double free vulnerability in the PyPAM_conv in PAMmodule.c in PyPam 0.5.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a NULL byte in a password string.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 14.1% · top 3.4% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (10)
- openSUSE-SU-2012:0487 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 48312 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 48746 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-1395-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 79892 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www.lsexperts.de/advisories/lse-2012-03-01.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- GLSA-201507-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- pypam-password-dos(73857) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- DSA-2430 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 48332 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .