CVE-2012-1985

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in RealNetworks Helix Server and Helix Mobile Server 14.x before 14.3.x allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that cause a denial of service (stack consumption and daemon crash) via a malformed URL.

Published: 2012-04-17 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-1985 is rated Moderate Risk (42.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.22%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-1985

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 0.26% 0.22% -0.04%
2 2023-03-07 1.21% 0.26% -0.95%
3 2022-02-04 — 1.21% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-1985

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-1985

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-1985

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-2012-1985

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