OpenTTD 0.3.5 through 1.1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (game pause) by connecting to the server and not finishing the (1) authorization phase or (2) map download, aka a "slow read" attack.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-0048 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.53%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.32% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 1.20% | 2.53% | +1.32% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 1.69% | 1.20% | -0.48% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 1.69% | — |
Full EPSS history (14 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu
|
low | CVE-2012-0048 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (openttd), 16 status rows across 16 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 9, ignored 5, DNE 1, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-0048 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| openttd | openttd | 0.3.5 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.3.6 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.3.7 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.4.0 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.4.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.4.5 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.4.6 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.4.7 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.4.8 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.4.8 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.4.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.4.8 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.4.8:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.5.0 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.5.0 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.5.0 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.5.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.5.0 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.5.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.5.0 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.5.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.5.0 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.5.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.5.1 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.5.1 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.5.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.5.1 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.5.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.5.1 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.5.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.5.2 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.5.2 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.5.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.5.3 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.5.3 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.5.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.5.3 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.5.3:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.5.3 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.5.3:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.6.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.6.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.6.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.6.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.6.0:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.6.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.6.1 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.6.1 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.6.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.6.1 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.6.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.6.2 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.6.2 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.6.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.6.2 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.6.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.6.2-rc1 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.6.2-rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.6.2-rc2 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.6.2-rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.6.3 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.6.3 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.6.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.7.0 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.7.0 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.7.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.7.0 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.7.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.7.0 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.7.0 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.7.1 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.7.1 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.7.1 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.7.1 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.7.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.7.2 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.7.2 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.7.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.7.2 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.7.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.7.3 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.7.3 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.7.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.7.3 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.7.3:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.7.4 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.7.4 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.7.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.7.5 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 0.7.5 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:0.7.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 1.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 1.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:1.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 1.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:1.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 1.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:1.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 1.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:1.0.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 1.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:1.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 1.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:1.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 1.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:1.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 1.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 1.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:1.0.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 1.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:1.0.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 1.0.2 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 1.0.2 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:1.0.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 1.0.3 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 1.0.3 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:1.0.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 1.0.4 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openttd | openttd | 1.0.4 | cpe:2.3:a:openttd:openttd:1.0.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |