Multiple memory leaks in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) before 3.6.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or daemon crash) via a large number of PDUs with (1) a crafted context number to the DoFetch function in pmcd/src/dofetch.c or (2) a negative type value to the __pmGetPDU function in libpcp/src/pdu.c
Published Aug 27, 2012
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.42%
Description
Multiple memory leaks in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) before 3.6.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or daemon crash) via a large number of PDUs with (1) a crafted context number to the DoFetch function in pmcd/src/dofetch.c or (2) a negative type value to the __pmGetPDU function in libpcp/src/pdu.c.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 3.6.4
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.3
- 2.1.4
- 2.1.5
- 2.1.6
- 2.1.7
- 2.1.8
- 2.1.9
- 2.1.10
- 2.1.11
- 2.2
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.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 | 2.42% (0.02415) | 83.54th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.44% (0.02435) | 82.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.50% (0.03500) | 86.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.60% (0.04602) | 81.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.40% (0.03404) | 86.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 9.38% (0.09378) | 94.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 9.38% (0.09378) | 93.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-August/085324.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-August/085333.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00024.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=CHANGELOG%3Bh=16c9cbb2f61d909487ea1c3171f4ab33e5648ac5%3Bhb=fe51067ae869a4d59f350ac319b09edcb77ac8e6 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=68fb968b4ee635bb301dc9ab64e633b0d66d27b4 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a7dc844d3586ea79887655a97c4252a79751fdae x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2533 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/16/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841298 x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841319 x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841704 x_refsource_MISC
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15471040 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15540133 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15540172 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
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