CVE-2012-4249

The Amazon Lab126 com.lab126.system sendEvent implementation on the Kindle Touch before 5.1.2 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a string, as demonstrated by using lipc-set-prop to set an LIPC property, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4248.

Published: 2012-08-12 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-4249 is rated High Risk (71.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.72%). High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4249

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 2026-06-15 2.90% 3.72% +0.82%
2 2025-09-19 1.81% 2.90% +1.09%
3 2025-05-05 — 1.81% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4249

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

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

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-4249

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4249

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
amazon kindle_touch 5.1.0 cpe:2.3:h:amazon:kindle_touch:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
amazon kindle_touch 5.1.1 cpe:2.3:h:amazon:kindle_touch:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-4249

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