CVE-2012-2268 — master.exe in the SNMP Master Agent in RealNetworks Helix Server and Helix Mobile Server 14.x before 14.3.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (unhandled exception and daemon crash) via a crafted Open-PDU request that triggers incorrect DisplayString processing, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-1923

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master.exe in the SNMP Master Agent in RealNetworks Helix Server and Helix Mobile Server 14.x before 14.3.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (unhandled exception and daemon crash) via a crafted Open-PDU request that triggers incorrect DisplayString processing, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-1923

Published Apr 17, 2012

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.55%

Description

master.exe in the SNMP Master Agent in RealNetworks Helix Server and Helix Mobile Server 14.x before 14.3.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (unhandled exception and daemon crash) via a crafted Open-PDU request that triggers incorrect DisplayString processing, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-1923.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.55% 0.01552

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01552

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	1.55% (0.01552)	74.20th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.57% (0.01570)	72.06th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.60% (0.00603)	67.71th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.75% (0.00748)	81.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.75% (0.00748)	80.35th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.75% (0.00748)	78.03th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

References (4)

http://helixproducts.real.com/docs/security/SecurityUpdate04022012HS.pdf
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2012-9/
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52929
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026898
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Link	Providers	Tags
http://helixproducts.real.com/docs/security/SecurityUpdate04022012HS.pdf		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2012-9/		x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52929		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026898		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 17, 2012

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Apr 16, 2012

Link CVE-2012-2268

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2012-2268

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2012-2268