CVE-2012-2685

Exp

Cumin before 0.1.5444, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Messaging, Realtime, and Grid (MRG) 2.0, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large size in an image request.

Published: 2012-09-28 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-2685 is rated Exploit Available (58/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.18%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-2685

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-2685

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 2025-03-30 1.10% 1.18% +0.08%
2 2025-03-29 1.18% 1.10% -0.08%
3 2025-03-17 1.18%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-2685

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-2685

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-2685

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2685

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-2685

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
trevor_mckay cumin <= 0.1.5192-4 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.3160-1 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.3160-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.4369-1 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.4369-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.4410-2 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.4410-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.4494-1 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.4494-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.4794-1 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.4794-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.4916-1 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.4916-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.5033-1 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.5033-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.5037-1 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.5037-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.5054-1 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.5054-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.5068-1 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.5068-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.5092-1 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.5092-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.5098-2 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.5098-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.5105-1 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.5105-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.5137-1 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.5137-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.5137-2 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.5137-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.5137-3 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.5137-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.5137-4 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.5137-4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.5137-5 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.5137-5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.5192-1 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.5192-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_mrg 2.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_mrg:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-2685

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