CVE-2012-1576

The myuser_delete function in libathemecore/account.c in Atheme 5.x before 5.2.7, 6.x before 6.0.10, and 7.x before 7.0.0-beta2 does not properly clean up CertFP entries when a user is deleted, which allows remote attackers to access a different user account or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a login as a deleted user.

Published: 2012-10-01 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-1576 is rated Moderate Risk (52.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.04%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-1576

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 1.37% 2.04% +0.67%
2 2025-03-17 1.28% 1.37% +0.09%
3 2024-12-17 — 1.28% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-1576

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 6.8 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-1576

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-1576

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2012-1576: 1 GLSA(s) (201209-09), 1 atom(s) (net-irc/atheme-services); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2012-1576
ubuntu low CVE-2012-1576 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (atheme-services), 10 status rows across 10 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): DNE 5, ignored 2, not-affected 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-1576

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-1576

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
atheme atheme 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:atheme:atheme:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
atheme atheme 6.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:atheme:atheme:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
atheme atheme 6.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:atheme:atheme:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
atheme atheme 6.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:atheme:atheme:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
atheme atheme 6.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:atheme:atheme:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
atheme atheme 6.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:atheme:atheme:6.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
atheme atheme 6.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:atheme:atheme:6.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
atheme atheme 6.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:atheme:atheme:6.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
atheme atheme 6.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:atheme:atheme:6.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
atheme atheme 6.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:atheme:atheme:6.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
atheme atheme 7.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:atheme:atheme:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
atheme atheme 7.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:atheme:atheme:7.0.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
atheme atheme 7.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:atheme:atheme:7.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
atheme atheme 7.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:atheme:atheme:7.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
atheme atheme 5.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:atheme:atheme:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
atheme atheme 5.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:atheme:atheme:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
atheme atheme 5.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:atheme:atheme:5.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
atheme atheme 5.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:atheme:atheme:5.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
atheme atheme 5.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:atheme:atheme:5.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
atheme atheme 5.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:atheme:atheme:5.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
atheme atheme 5.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:atheme:atheme:5.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
atheme atheme 5.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:atheme:atheme:5.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-1576

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