CVE-2012-4459

Integer overflow in the qpid::framing::Buffer::checkAvailable function in Apache Qpid 0.20 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted message, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Published: 2013-03-13 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-4459 is rated Moderate Risk (58.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.21%, 95th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +7.69% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4459

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 1.52% 9.21% +7.69%
2 2026-03-13 1.19% 1.52% +0.33%
3 2025-03-30 — 1.19% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4459

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/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: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:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-4459

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-4459

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4459
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-4459 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (qpid-cpp), 30 status rows across 30 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hardy, hirsute, impish, jammy, lucid, mantic, noble, oneiric, oracular, plucky, precise, quantal, questing, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 18, ignored 10, needed 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4459

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4459

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache qpid <= 0.20 cpe:2.3:a:apache:qpid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache qpid 0.5 cpe:2.3:a:apache:qpid:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache qpid 0.6 cpe:2.3:a:apache:qpid:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache qpid 0.7 cpe:2.3:a:apache:qpid:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache qpid 0.8 cpe:2.3:a:apache:qpid:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache qpid 0.9 cpe:2.3:a:apache:qpid:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache qpid 0.10 cpe:2.3:a:apache:qpid:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache qpid 0.11 cpe:2.3:a:apache:qpid:0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache qpid 0.12 cpe:2.3:a:apache:qpid:0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache qpid 0.13 cpe:2.3:a:apache:qpid:0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache qpid 0.14 cpe:2.3:a:apache:qpid:0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache qpid 0.15 cpe:2.3:a:apache:qpid:0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache qpid 0.16 cpe:2.3:a:apache:qpid:0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache qpid 0.17 cpe:2.3:a:apache:qpid:0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache qpid 0.18 cpe:2.3:a:apache:qpid:0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache qpid 0.19 cpe:2.3:a:apache:qpid:0.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-4459

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