MEDIUM
Buffer overflow in Bip 0.8.8 and earlier might allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a series of TCP connections that triggers use of many open file descriptors
Published Jan 27, 2012
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.26%
Description
Buffer overflow in Bip 0.8.8 and earlier might allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a series of TCP connections that triggers use of many open file descriptors.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 0.8.8
- 0.7.0
- 0.7.1
- 0.7.2
- 0.7.3
- 0.7.4
- 0.7.5
- 0.8.0
- 0.8.0
- 0.8.0
- 0.8.1
- 0.8.2
- 0.8.3
- 0.8.4
- 0.8.5
- 0.8.6
- 0.8.7
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.5 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.26% 0.03265
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03265
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.26% (0.03265) | 87.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.31% (0.03308) | 86.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 5.33% (0.05334) | 89.35th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 3.80% (0.03801) | 91.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.57% (0.02567) | 90.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 21, 2023 | 2.13% (0.02129) | 87.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.98% (0.01981) | 86.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 8.34% (0.08336) | 93.56th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 8.34% (0.08336) | 92.97th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 8.34% (0.08336) | 82.36th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (9)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=657217 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-February/072752.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-February/072767.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/24/10 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/24/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47679 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:063 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- https://projects.duckcorp.org/issues/269 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://projects.duckcorp.org/projects/bip/repository/revisions/222a33cb84a2e52ad55a88900b7895bf9dd0262c x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=657217 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-February/072752.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-February/072767.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/24/10 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch | |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/24/4 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/47679 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:063 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| https://projects.duckcorp.org/issues/269 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| https://projects.duckcorp.org/projects/bip/repository/revisions/222a33cb84a2e52ad55a88900b7895bf9dd0262c | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Jan 27, 2012
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Jan 19, 2012
Link CVE-2012-0806
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a