Multiple memory leaks in tools/cachemgr.cc in cachemgr.cgi in Squid 2.x and 3.x before 3.1.22, 3.2.x before 3.2.4, and 3.3.x before 3.3.0.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via (1) invalid Content-Length headers, (2) long POST requests, or (3) crafted authentication credentials.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-5643 is rated Moderate Risk (49.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 23.18%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.
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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 | 33.16% | 23.18% | -9.98% |
| 2 | 2026-03-04 | 36.61% | 33.16% | -3.45% |
| 3 | 2026-02-18 | — | 36.61% | — |
Full EPSS history (20 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
|
not yet assigned | CVE-2012-5643 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (squid), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5643 |
gentoo
|
normal | CVE-2012-5643: 1 GLSA(s) (201309-22), 1 atom(s) (net-proxy/squid); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2012-5643 |
redhat
|
medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5643 |
suse
|
medium | CVE-2012-5643 severity moderate: SUSE including 15 source package names (squid, squid-2.7.STABLE5-2.12.12.1, …), 41 product×package rows across 36 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, SUSE Enterprise Storage 6, … (36 product lines)): Fixed 25, Known Not Affected 16. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5643/ |
ubuntu
|
medium | CVE-2012-5643 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (squid, squid3), 14 status rows across 7 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, upstream): released 7, DNE 3, ignored 3, not-affected 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5643 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| squid-cache | squid | 2.0 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 2.1 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 2.2 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 2.3 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 2.4 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 2.5 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 2.6 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 2.7 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 2.7 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:2.7:stable3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 2.7 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:2.7:stable4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0:-:pre1:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0:-:pre2:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0:-:pre3:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0:-:pre4:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0:-:pre5:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0:-:pre6:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0:-:pre7:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable1 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable2 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable3 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable4 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable5 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable6 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable7 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable8 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable9 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable10 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable11 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable11 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable11:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable12 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable13 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable14 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable15 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable16 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable16 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable17 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable18 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable19 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable20 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable21 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable22 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable23 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable24 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable25 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.0.2 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.0.3 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.0.4 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.0.5 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.0.6 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.0.7 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.0.8 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.0.9 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.0.10 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.0.11 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.0.12 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.0.13 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.0.14 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.0.15 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.0.16 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.0.17 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.0.18 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.1 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.2 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.10 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.11 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.12 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.13 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.14 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.15 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.16 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.17 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.18 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.19 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.20 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.21 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.2.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |