CVE-2012-4578 — The geli encryption provider 7 before r239184 on FreeBSD 10 uses a weak Master Key, which makes it easier for local users to defeat a cryptographic protection mechanism via a brute-force attack

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The geli encryption provider 7 before r239184 on FreeBSD 10 uses a weak Master Key, which makes it easier for local users to defeat a cryptographic protection mechanism via a brute-force attack

Published Aug 21, 2012

2.1

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.18%

Description

The geli encryption provider 7 before r239184 on FreeBSD 10 uses a weak Master Key, which makes it easier for local users to defeat a cryptographic protection mechanism via a brute-force attack.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.18% 0.00181

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

EPSS probability 0.00181

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 (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.18% (0.00181)	6.91th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.18% (0.00181)	7.81th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.03% (0.00031)	5.57th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-310

References (2)

http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2012-August/006541.html
mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78057
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2012-August/006541.html		mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78057		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Aug 21, 2012

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Aug 21, 2012

Link CVE-2012-4578

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2012-4578

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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