CVE-2012-2150

xfs_metadump in xfsprogs before 3.2.4 does not properly obfuscate file data, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading a generated image.

Published: 2015-08-25 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-2150 is rated Moderate Risk (48.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.74%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-2150

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 2025-12-01 1.76% 1.74% -0.02%
2 2025-07-13 1.28% 1.76% +0.48%
3 2025-03-30 1.28%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-2150

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-2012-2150

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-2150

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2012-2150 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (xfsprogs), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2150
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2150
ubuntu low CVE-2012-2150 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (xfsprogs), 25 status rows across 25 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, precise, questing, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 20, ignored 3, needed 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2150

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-2150

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sgi xfsprogs <= 3.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:xfsprogs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-2150

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