CVE-2012-1984

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in RealNetworks Helix Server and Helix Mobile Server 14.x before 14.3.x allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2012-04-17 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-1984 is rated Low Risk (33.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.26%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-1984

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 2025-03-17 0.24% 0.26% +0.02%
2 2023-03-07 1.21% 0.24% -0.98%
3 2022-02-04 1.21%

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-1984

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N 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:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-1984

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-1984

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
realnetworks helix_server 14.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:helix_server:14.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
realnetworks helix_server 14.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:helix_server:14.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
realnetworks helix_server 14.2 cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:helix_server:14.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
realnetworks helix_server 14.2.0.212 cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:helix_server:14.2.0.212:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
realnetworks helix_mobile_server 14.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:helix_mobile_server:14.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
realnetworks helix_mobile_server 14.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:helix_mobile_server:14.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-1984

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