CVE-2012-1816

PORTSERV.exe in Emerson DeltaV and DeltaV Workstations 9.3.1, 10.3.1, 11.3, and 11.3.1 and DeltaV ProEssentials Scientific Graph 5.0.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted (1) TCP or (2) UDP packet to port 111.

Published: 2012-06-08 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-1816 is rated Moderate Risk (48.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.94%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.15% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-1816

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 0.78% 1.94% +1.15%
2 2025-03-30 0.70% 0.78% +0.09%
3 2025-03-29 0.70%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-1816

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-2012-1816

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-1816

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
emerson deltav 9.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:emerson:deltav:9.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emerson deltav 10.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:emerson:deltav:10.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emerson deltav 11.3 cpe:2.3:a:emerson:deltav:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emerson deltav 11.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:emerson:deltav:11.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emerson deltav_proessentials_scientific_graph 5.0.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:emerson:deltav_proessentials_scientific_graph:5.0.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emerson deltav_workstation 9.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:emerson:deltav_workstation:9.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emerson deltav_workstation 10.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:emerson:deltav_workstation:10.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emerson deltav_workstation 11.3 cpe:2.3:a:emerson:deltav_workstation:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emerson deltav_workstation 11.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:emerson:deltav_workstation:11.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-1816

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