CVE-2012-0806

Buffer overflow in Bip 0.8.8 and earlier might allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a series of TCP connections that triggers use of many open file descriptors.

Published: 2012-01-27 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-0806 is rated Moderate Risk (56.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.52%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-0806

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 2025-03-30 5.26% 4.52% -0.74%
2 2025-03-29 4.52% 5.26% +0.74%
3 2025-03-19 — 4.52% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-0806

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-0806

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-0806

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-0806 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (bip), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0806
gentoo high CVE-2012-0806: 1 GLSA(s) (201201-18), 1 atom(s) (net-irc/bip); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2012-0806
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-0806 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (bip), 10 status rows across 10 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): ignored 5, not-affected 3, needs-triage 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-0806

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-0806

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
duckcorp bip <= 0.8.8 cpe:2.3:a:duckcorp:bip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
duckcorp bip 0.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:duckcorp:bip:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
duckcorp bip 0.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:duckcorp:bip:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
duckcorp bip 0.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:duckcorp:bip:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
duckcorp bip 0.7.3 cpe:2.3:a:duckcorp:bip:0.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
duckcorp bip 0.7.4 cpe:2.3:a:duckcorp:bip:0.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
duckcorp bip 0.7.5 cpe:2.3:a:duckcorp:bip:0.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
duckcorp bip 0.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:duckcorp:bip:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
duckcorp bip 0.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:duckcorp:bip:0.8.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
duckcorp bip 0.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:duckcorp:bip:0.8.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
duckcorp bip 0.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:duckcorp:bip:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
duckcorp bip 0.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:duckcorp:bip:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
duckcorp bip 0.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:duckcorp:bip:0.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
duckcorp bip 0.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:duckcorp:bip:0.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
duckcorp bip 0.8.5 cpe:2.3:a:duckcorp:bip:0.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
duckcorp bip 0.8.6 cpe:2.3:a:duckcorp:bip:0.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
duckcorp bip 0.8.7 cpe:2.3:a:duckcorp:bip:0.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-0806

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