An issue was discovered in UCI IDOL 2 (aka uciIDOL or IDOL2) through 2.12. Due to improper input validation, improper deserialization, and improper restriction of operations within the bounds of a memory buffer, IDOL2 is vulnerable to Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks and possibly remote code execution. There is an access violation and EIP overwrite after five logins.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2024-45166 is rated High Exploit Risk (85.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.83%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2026-02-03 | 4.95% | 4.83% | -0.13% |
| 2 | 2026-01-21 | 4.83% | 4.95% | +0.13% |
| 3 | 2026-01-11 | — | 4.83% | — |
Full EPSS history (20 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | 3.1 | CRITICAL |
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3.9 | 5.9 | 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://download.uci.de/idol2/idol2Client_2_12.exe | Broken Link |
| https://uci.de/download/idol2-client.html | Product Release Notes |
| https://uci.de/products/index.html | Product |
| https://www.syss.de/en/responsible-disclosure-policy | Issue Tracking |
| https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2024-050.txt | Exploit Third Party Advisory |