Integer overflow in the DPA_Utilities library in EMC Data Protection Advisor (DPA) 5.5 through 5.8 SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a negative 64-bit value in a certain size field.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-0407 is rated High Exploit Risk (63/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.21%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18688 | exploit_db | edb | 2012-03-31 | 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 | 5.54% | 3.21% | -2.33% |
| 2 | 2026-05-26 | 7.29% | 5.54% | -1.75% |
| 3 | 2026-03-12 | — | 7.29% | — |
Full EPSS history (9 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| emc | data_protection_advisor | 5.5 | cpe:2.3:a:emc:data_protection_advisor:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| emc | data_protection_advisor | 5.5 | cpe:2.3:a:emc:data_protection_advisor:5.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| emc | data_protection_advisor | 5.6 | cpe:2.3:a:emc:data_protection_advisor:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| emc | data_protection_advisor | 5.6 | cpe:2.3:a:emc:data_protection_advisor:5.6:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| emc | data_protection_advisor | 5.7 | cpe:2.3:a:emc:data_protection_advisor:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| emc | data_protection_advisor | 5.7 | cpe:2.3:a:emc:data_protection_advisor:5.7:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| emc | data_protection_advisor | 5.8 | cpe:2.3:a:emc:data_protection_advisor:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| emc | data_protection_advisor | 5.8 | cpe:2.3:a:emc:data_protection_advisor:5.8:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |