CVE-2012-5429 — The VPN driver in Cisco VPN Client on Windows does not properly interact with the kernel, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel fault and system crash) via a crafted application, aka Bug ID CSCuc81669

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The VPN driver in Cisco VPN Client on Windows does not properly interact with the kernel, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel fault and system crash) via a crafted application, aka Bug ID CSCuc81669

Published Jan 17, 2013

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.31%

Description

The VPN driver in Cisco VPN Client on Windows does not properly interact with the kernel, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel fault and system crash) via a crafted application, aka Bug ID CSCuc81669.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.31% 0.00312

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

EPSS probability 0.00312

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 (11 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.31% (0.00312)	21.84th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.31% (0.00312)	22.73th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.11% (0.00107)	26.43th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.09% (0.00094)	41.55th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.47th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 23, 2023	0.10% (0.00095)	38.81th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00044)	8.34th	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 (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (1)

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-5429
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-5429		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner cisco

Published Jan 17, 2013

Updated Sep 17, 2024

Reserved Oct 17, 2012

Link CVE-2012-5429

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2012-5429

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2012-5429