CVE-2012-6088

The rpmpkgRead function in lib/package.c in RPM 4.10.x before 4.10.2 does not return an error code in certain situations involving an "unparseable signature," which allows remote attackers to bypass RPM signature checks via a crafted package.

Published: 2013-01-18 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-6088 is rated Moderate Risk (40.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.53%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-6088

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 2026-02-16 0.20% 0.53% +0.33%
2 2026-01-04 0.64% 0.20% -0.44%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.64% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-6088

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-6088

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-6088

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-6088 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (rpm), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6088
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6088
ubuntu low CVE-2012-6088 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (rpm), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, upstream): not-affected 3, released 2, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-6088

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-6088

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
rpm rpm 4.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:4.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 4.10.1 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:4.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-6088

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