CVE-2012-2107

Integer overflow in the main function in util/lpci_main.c in Csound before 5.17.2, when converting a file, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Published: 2014-02-04 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-2107 is rated High Risk (67.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.13%). High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-2107

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 2025-09-20 6.00% 5.13% -0.87%
2 2025-07-15 6.36% 6.00% -0.36%
3 2025-07-14 — 6.36% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-2107

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-2107

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-2107

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-2107 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (csound), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2107
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-2107 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (csound), 19 status rows across 19 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 14, not-affected 3, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2107

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-2107

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
csounds csound <= 5.17 cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
csounds csound 5.10 cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
csounds csound 5.10.1 cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:5.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
csounds csound 5.11 cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
csounds csound 5.11.1 cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:5.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
csounds csound 5.12 cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
csounds csound 5.12.1 cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:5.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
csounds csound 5.12.3 cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:5.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
csounds csound 5.12.4 cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:5.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
csounds csound 5.13.0 cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:5.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
csounds csound 5.13.1 cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:5.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
csounds csound 5.14.0 cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:5.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
csounds csound 5.14.1 cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:5.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
csounds csound 5.14.2 cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:5.14.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
csounds csound 5.15.0 cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:5.15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
csounds csound 5.16 cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:5.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
csounds csound 5.16.1 cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:5.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-2107

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