CVE-2012-4014

Unspecified vulnerability in McAfee Email Anti-virus (formerly WebShield SMTP) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors.

Published: 2012-09-25 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-4014 is rated Moderate Risk (52.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.45%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4014

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 0.41% 0.45% +0.04%
2 2025-03-29 0.45% 0.41% -0.04%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.45% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4014

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C 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:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-4014

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4014

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mcafee email_and_web_security 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_and_web_security:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee email_and_web_security 5.5 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_and_web_security:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee email_and_web_security 5.6 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_and_web_security:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-4014

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