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CVE-2012-2658

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-2658 describes a buffer overflow in the SQLDriverConnect function of unixODBC 2.3.1, allowing a local denial of service via a long string in the DRIVER option. This vulnerability has a low severity score (CVSS 2.1) due to its local attack vector and limited impact, primarily a crash. It is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, has no known public exploits, and has received no community discussion or media coverage, indicating a very low likelihood of active exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:unixodbc:unixodbc:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
40.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0051 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 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 Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-2658Low

unixodbc: buffer overflow due to improper checking of DRIVER= input

May 29, 2012

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/75940
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/05/29/10
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/05/29/7
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/05/30/7
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/05/31/2
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/06/06/3
osvdb.org / 82460
securityfocus.com / bid/53712