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CVE-2012-3291
Heap-based buffer overflow in OpenConnect 3.18 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service via a crafted greeting banner.
High7.8EPSS 2.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
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- mitre
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in OpenConnect 3.18 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service via a crafted greeting banner.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.3% · top 17% 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 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- http://www.infradead.org/openconnect/changelog.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-2495 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-6758 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17242 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1072 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://git.infradead.org/users/dwmw2/openconnect.git/commitdiff/14cae65318d3ef1f7d449e463b72b6934e82f1c2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- 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 .