Back
CVE-2012-6096
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the get_history function in history.cgi in Nagios Core before 3.4.4, and Icinga 1.6.x before…
High7.5EPSS 66.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the get_history function in history.cgi in Nagios Core before 3.4.4, and Icinga 1.6.x before 1.6.2, 1.7.x before 1.7.4, and 1.8.x before 1.8.4, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) host_name variable (host parameter) or (2) svc_description variable.
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)
- 66.5% · top 0.7% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
Loading the EPSS history…
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (16)
- 20121209 Nagios Core 3.4.3: Stack based buffer overflow in web interface (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- DSA-2616 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0188 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 24084 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0140 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 51863 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0206 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://www.nagios.org/projects/nagioscore/history/core-3x (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=893269 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 24159 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 89170 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- https://www.icinga.org/2013/01/14/icinga-1-6-2-1-7-4-1-8-4-released/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0169 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://dev.icinga.org/issues/3532 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-2653 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 56879 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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 .