CVE-2012-2217

The HTC IQRD service for Android on the HTC EVO 4G before 4.67.651.3, EVO Design 4G before 2.12.651.5, Shift 4G before 2.77.651.3, EVO 3D before 2.17.651.5, EVO View 4G before 2.23.651.1, Vivid before 3.26.502.56, and Hero does not restrict localhost access to TCP port 2479, which allows remote attackers to (1) send SMS messages, (2) obtain the Network Access Identifier (NAI) and its password, or trigger (3) popup messages or (4) tones via a crafted application that leverages the android.permission.INTERNET permission.

Published: 2012-05-01 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-2217 is rated Moderate Risk (45.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.38%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-2217

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 0.32% 0.38% +0.06%
2 2024-12-20 0.45% 0.32% -0.13%
3 2023-03-07 0.45%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-2217

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N 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:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-2217

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-2217

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
htc evo_4g_software <= 4.54.651.1 cpe:2.3:a:htc:evo_4g_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htc evo_4g_software 1.32.651.1 cpe:2.3:a:htc:evo_4g_software:1.32.651.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htc evo_4g_software 1.47.651.1 cpe:2.3:a:htc:evo_4g_software:1.47.651.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htc evo_4g_software 3.26.651.6 cpe:2.3:a:htc:evo_4g_software:3.26.651.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htc evo_4g_software 3.29.651.5 cpe:2.3:a:htc:evo_4g_software:3.29.651.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htc evo_4g_software 3.30.651.2 cpe:2.3:a:htc:evo_4g_software:3.30.651.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htc evo_4g_software 3.30.651.3 cpe:2.3:a:htc:evo_4g_software:3.30.651.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htc evo_4g_software 3.70.651.1 cpe:2.3:a:htc:evo_4g_software:3.70.651.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htc evo_4g_software 4.22.651.2 cpe:2.3:a:htc:evo_4g_software:4.22.651.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htc evo_4g_software 4.24.651.1 cpe:2.3:a:htc:evo_4g_software:4.24.651.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htc evo_4g_software 4.53.651.1 cpe:2.3:a:htc:evo_4g_software:4.53.651.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htc evo_4g cpe:2.3:h:htc:evo_4g:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htc evo_4g gri40 cpe:2.3:h:htc:evo_4g:gri40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htc evo_design_4g_software <= 1.19.651.1 cpe:2.3:a:htc:evo_design_4g_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htc evo_design_4g_software 1.19.651.0 cpe:2.3:a:htc:evo_design_4g_software:1.19.651.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htc evo_design_4g cpe:2.3:h:htc:evo_design_4g:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htc shift_4g_software <= 2.76.651.6 cpe:2.3:a:htc:shift_4g_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htc shift_4g_software 1.17.651.1 cpe:2.3:a:htc:shift_4g_software:1.17.651.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htc shift_4g_software 2.75.651.4 cpe:2.3:a:htc:shift_4g_software:2.75.651.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htc shift_4g_software 2.75.651.5 cpe:2.3:a:htc:shift_4g_software:2.75.651.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htc shift_4g cpe:2.3:h:htc:shift_4g:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htc evo_3d_software <= 2.08.651.3 cpe:2.3:a:htc:evo_3d_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htc evo_3d_software 1.11.651.3 cpe:2.3:a:htc:evo_3d_software:1.11.651.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htc evo_3d_software 1.13.651.7 cpe:2.3:a:htc:evo_3d_software:1.13.651.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htc evo_3d_software 2.08.651.2 cpe:2.3:a:htc:evo_3d_software:2.08.651.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htc evo_3d cpe:2.3:h:htc:evo_3d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htc evo_3d gri40 cpe:2.3:h:htc:evo_3d:gri40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htc evo_view_4g_software <= 1.22.651.2 cpe:2.3:a:htc:evo_view_4g_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htc evo_view_4g_software 1.22.651.1 cpe:2.3:a:htc:evo_view_4g_software:1.22.651.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htc evo_view_4g cpe:2.3:h:htc:evo_view_4g:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htc vivid_software <= 3.26.502 cpe:2.3:a:htc:vivid_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htc vivid cpe:2.3:h:htc:vivid:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htc hero_software 1.29.651.1 cpe:2.3:a:htc:hero_software:1.29.651.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htc hero_software 1.56.651.2 cpe:2.3:a:htc:hero_software:1.56.651.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htc hero_software 2.27.651.5 cpe:2.3:a:htc:hero_software:2.27.651.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htc hero_software 2.27.651.6 cpe:2.3:a:htc:hero_software:2.27.651.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htc hero_software 2.31.651.7 cpe:2.3:a:htc:hero_software:2.31.651.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htc hero_software 2.32.651.2 cpe:2.3:a:htc:hero_software:2.32.651.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htc hero cpe:2.3:h:htc:hero:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-2217

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