CVE-2012-0291

Symantec pcAnywhere through 12.5.3, Altiris IT Management Suite pcAnywhere Solution 7.0 (aka 12.5.x) and 7.1 (aka 12.6.x), Altiris Client Management Suite pcAnywhere Solution 7.0 (aka 12.5.x) and 7.1 (aka 12.6.x), and Altiris Deployment Solution Remote pcAnywhere Solution 7.1 (aka 12.5.x and 12.6.x) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or hang) via (1) malformed data from a client, (2) malformed data from a server, or (3) an invalid response.

Published: 2012-02-22 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-0291 is rated Moderate Risk (44.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.66%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-0291

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 2025-03-17 0.12% 0.66% +0.54%
2 2024-12-17 0.17% 0.12% -0.05%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.17% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-0291

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
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.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-0291

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-0291

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
symantec pcanywhere <= 12.5 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 10.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 10.5 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 11.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 11.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:11.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 11.5 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 11.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:11.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 12.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 12.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 12.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 12.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 12.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 12.5 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 12.5 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 12.5 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.5:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 12.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 12.5.265 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.5.265:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 12.5.539 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.5.539:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec altiris_client_management_suite_pcanywhere_solution 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_client_management_suite_pcanywhere_solution:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec altiris_deployment_solution_remote_pcanywhere_solution 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_deployment_solution_remote_pcanywhere_solution:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec altiris_it_management_suite_pcanywhere_solution 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_it_management_suite_pcanywhere_solution:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec altiris_it_management_suite_pcanywhere_solution 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_it_management_suite_pcanywhere_solution:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-0291

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