CVE-2012-5640

low-risk
Published 2019-11-25

thttpd has a local DoS vulnerability via specially-crafted .htpasswd files

Do I need to act?

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0.15% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Acme

References (8)

Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/15/1
Broken Link https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5640
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5640
Third Party Advisory https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5640
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/15/1
Broken Link https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5640
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5640
Third Party Advisory https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5640
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal