CVE-2012-5970

The Huawei E585 device allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and device outage) via crafted HTTP requests, as demonstrated by unspecified vulnerability-scanning software.

Published: 2012-12-19 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-5970 is rated Moderate Risk (42.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.29%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5970

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 2025-09-20 0.10% 0.29% +0.19%
2 2025-03-17 0.15% 0.10% -0.06%
3 2024-04-25 — 0.15% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5970

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:A)
Requires access to an adjacent network segment.
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:C)
Complete availability impact.
 6.5 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-5970

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2012-5970

Comment: Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html 'CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference'

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5970

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
huawei e585 — cpe:2.3:h:huawei:e585:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei e585u-82 — cpe:2.3:h:huawei:e585u-82:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5970

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