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CVE-2012-0270

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0270 describes multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Csound versions prior to 5.16.6, affecting the csounds and csound products. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing specially crafted hetro or PVOC files. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild (no KEV entry), a Metasploit module and an ExploitDB entry confirm the existence of public exploit code, though it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.16.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.12.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:5.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.13.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:5.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.13.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:5.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.14.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:csounds:csound:5.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
54.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Csound hetro File Handling Stack Buffer Overflow · Feb 23, 2012
ExploitDB: EDB-18710 · Apr 6, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5467 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00027.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2012-03/msg00027.html
secunia.com / advisories/47585
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / secunia_research/2012-3
Vendor Advisory
sourceforge.net / projects/csound/files/csound5/csound5.16/Version5.16_Notes/view
Vendor Advisory