CVE-2012-4415

Summary

CVECVE-2012-4415
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-10-01 03:26:16 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in the guac_client_plugin_open function in libguac in Guacamole before 0.6.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long protocol name.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 16 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 17 All All All
Application Guac-dev Guacamole 0.6.3 All All All
Application Guac-dev Guacamole 0.5.0 All All All
Application Guac-dev Guacamole 0.6.0 All All All
Application Guac-dev Guacamole All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: guacamole-common-js-0.6.1-2.fc17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Bug 856743 – CVE-2012-4415 libguac: Stack-based buffer overflow by protocol handling in guac client plug-in af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: guacamole-common-js-0.6.1-2.fc18 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
libguac Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
Changeset 7dcefa7 – Guacamole af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 guac-dev.org Patch
oss-security - CVE id request: guacd af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: guacamole-common-js-0.6.1-2.fc16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - Re: CVE id request: guacd af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-09/0107.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com Exploit
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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