CVE-2012-4094 — Buffer overflow in the Smart Call Home feature in the fabric interconnect in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by reading and forging control messages associated with Smart Call Home reports, aka Bug ID CSCtl00198

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Buffer overflow in the Smart Call Home feature in the fabric interconnect in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by reading and forging control messages associated with Smart Call Home reports, aka Bug ID CSCtl00198

Published Sep 24, 2013

5.4

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.05%

Description

Buffer overflow in the Smart Call Home feature in the fabric interconnect in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by reading and forging control messages associated with Smart Call Home reports, aka Bug ID CSCtl00198.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.05% 0.02049

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

EPSS probability 0.02049

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	2.05% (0.02049)	80.52th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.05% (0.02049)	78.66th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.84% (0.00843)	73.14th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.36% (0.00356)	72.91th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.36% (0.00356)	71.26th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.36% (0.00356)	67.60th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.14% (0.01136)	59.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Oct 18, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	58.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	56.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	34.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (3)

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-4094
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029085
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87370
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-4094		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029085		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87370		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner cisco

Published Sep 24, 2013

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Jul 31, 2012

Link CVE-2012-4094

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2012-4094

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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