CVE-2012-0250

Buffer overflow in the OSPFv2 implementation in ospfd in Quagga before 0.99.20.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a Link State Update (aka LS Update) packet containing a network-LSA link-state advertisement for which the data-structure length is smaller than the value in the Length header field.

Published: 2012-04-05 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-0250 is rated Low Risk (37.7/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.32%). EPSS rose +1.04% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-0250

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 0.27% 1.32% +1.04%
2 2025-12-01 0.25% 0.27% +0.03%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.25% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-0250

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.3 2.0 LOW
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:A)
Requires access to an adjacent network segment.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 6.5 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-0250

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-0250

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2012-0250: 1 GLSA(s) (201310-08), 1 atom(s) (net-misc/quagga); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2012-0250
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0250
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-0250 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (quagga), 7 status rows across 7 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, upstream): released 5, ignored 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-0250

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-0250

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
quagga quagga <= 0.99.20 cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
quagga quagga 0.99.1 cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:0.99.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
quagga quagga 0.99.2 cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:0.99.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
quagga quagga 0.99.3 cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:0.99.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
quagga quagga 0.99.4 cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:0.99.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
quagga quagga 0.99.5 cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:0.99.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
quagga quagga 0.99.6 cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:0.99.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
quagga quagga 0.99.7 cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:0.99.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
quagga quagga 0.99.8 cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:0.99.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
quagga quagga 0.99.9 cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:0.99.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
quagga quagga 0.99.10 cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:0.99.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
quagga quagga 0.99.11 cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:0.99.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
quagga quagga 0.99.12 cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:0.99.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
quagga quagga 0.99.13 cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:0.99.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
quagga quagga 0.99.14 cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:0.99.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
quagga quagga 0.99.15 cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:0.99.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
quagga quagga 0.99.16 cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:0.99.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
quagga quagga 0.99.17 cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:0.99.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
quagga quagga 0.99.18 cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:0.99.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
quagga quagga 0.99.19 cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:0.99.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-0250

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