CVE-2012-1817

Buffer overflow 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 user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via an invalid field in a project file.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-1817 is rated Moderate Risk (59.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.38%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-1817

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 2.29% 2.38% +0.09%
2 2025-03-29 2.38% 2.29% -0.09%
3 2025-03-19 2.38%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-1817

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/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:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-1817

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-1817

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-2012-1817

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