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CVE-2012-3901

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-3901 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the updateTime function of sensorApp on Cisco IPS 4200 series sensors running versions 7.0 and 7.1, including models like the IPS 4240 and 4250 SX. This vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 5.0, allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash the process and cause a traffic-inspection outage via network traffic due to a weakness in memory operations (CWE-119). 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
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:intrusion_prevention_system:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:intrusion_prevention_system:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ips_4240:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ips_4250_sx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ips_4255:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
65.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0122 is in the 43rd percentile among its peer group of 23,690 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/78870
cisco.com / en/US/docs/security/ips/7.0/release/notes/22789_01.html
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