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CVE-2012-0956

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0956 describes a man-in-the-middle vulnerability in ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu versions prior to 58.2, which occurs during installation. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script or HTML and read arbitrary files by injecting crafted attributes into the <a> tag of a Twitter feed. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is rated as medium severity due to its network-based attack vector and medium attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 58.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ubiquity_slideshow_team:ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
49CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ubiquity_slideshow_team:ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu:49:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
52CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ubiquity_slideshow_team:ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu:52:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
53CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ubiquity_slideshow_team:ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu:53:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
54CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ubiquity_slideshow_team:ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu:54:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
65.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0120 is in the 31st percentile among its peer group of 19,956 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

Vendor Patches (1)

ubuntuvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

bugs.launchpad.net / ubuntu/%2Bsource/ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu/%2Bbug/991982
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1561-1
Vendor Advisory