CVE-2012-4067

Walrus in Eucalyptus before 3.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory, thread, and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML message containing a DTD, as demonstrated by a bucket-logging request.

Published: 2013-09-17 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-4067 is rated Low Risk (36.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.39%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4067

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 1.00% 0.39% -0.61%
2 2025-03-29 0.39% 1.00% +0.61%
3 2025-03-17 0.39%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4067

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-4067

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-4067

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4067
ubuntu low CVE-2012-4067 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (eucalyptus), 15 status rows across 15 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 11, ignored 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4067

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4067

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
eucalyptus eucalyptus <= 3.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eucalyptus eucalyptus 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eucalyptus eucalyptus 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eucalyptus eucalyptus 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eucalyptus eucalyptus 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eucalyptus eucalyptus 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eucalyptus eucalyptus 1.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eucalyptus eucalyptus 1.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eucalyptus eucalyptus 1.6 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eucalyptus eucalyptus 1.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eucalyptus eucalyptus 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eucalyptus eucalyptus 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eucalyptus eucalyptus 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eucalyptus eucalyptus 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eucalyptus eucalyptus 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eucalyptus eucalyptus 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eucalyptus eucalyptus 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eucalyptus eucalyptus 3.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eucalyptus eucalyptus 3.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eucalyptus eucalyptus 3.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eucalyptus eucalyptus 3.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-4067

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