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CVE-2012-0025

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0025 describes a double free vulnerability in the Free_All_Memory function within libfpx, specifically affecting the FlashPix PlugIn for IrfanView. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (crash) by providing a specially crafted FPX image. With a CVSS score of 6.8, it is considered a medium-severity vulnerability, requiring moderate attack complexity but potentially leading to information disclosure, integrity compromise, and availability impact. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the CISA KEV catalog, an exploit (EDB-18256) is publicly available, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.2.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:flashpix_plugin:4.2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-18256 · Dec 20, 2011
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0636 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/47246
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/47322
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/71892
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201605-03
exploit-db.com / exploits/18256
Exploit
imagemagick.org / download/delegates/libfpx-1.3.1-1.zip
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/01/03/16
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/11/02/6
osvdb.org / 77958
protekresearchlab.com / index.php
Exploit