CVE-2012-5876

Exp

Multiple off-by-one errors in NMMediaServerService.dll in Nero MediaHome 4.5.8.0 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long string in the (1) request line or (2) HTTP Referer header to TCP port 54444, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Published: 2014-05-30 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-5876 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 20.69%, 95th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-5876

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
24022 exploit_db edb 2013-01-10 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5876

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 2026-01-13 21.87% 20.69% -1.18%
2 2025-08-26 23.97% 21.87% -2.10%
3 2025-03-30 — 23.97% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5876

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-2012-5876

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5876

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
nero mediahome <= 4.5.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:nero:mediahome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5876

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