CVE-2012-6083

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Freeciv before 2.3.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted packet.

Published: 2020-01-23 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-6083 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.4/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 11.73%, 96th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +7.48% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-6083

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
34249 exploit_db edb 2010-07-03 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-6083

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 4.25% 11.73% +7.48%
2 2026-04-23 9.08% 4.25% -4.82%
3 2025-07-07 — 9.08% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-6083

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-6083

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-6083

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2012-6083 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (freeciv), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6083
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-6083 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (freeciv), 18 status rows across 18 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 13, not-affected 3, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-6083

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-6083

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
freeciv freeciv < 2.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:freeciv:freeciv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-6083

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