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CVE-2012-4428

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4428 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the SLPIntersectStringList() function of OpenSLP, affecting various distributions including Canonical, Debian, and Fedora. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely cause a denial of service with low attack complexity. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, its high FAUCET Risk Score indicates a significant potential impact if exploited.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openslp:openslp:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
9.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0957 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-4428Moderate

openslp: out-of-bounds read in SLPIntersectStringList() can cause DoS

Sep 13, 2012

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/159059.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / security/cve/cve-2012-4428
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.suse.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/78732
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201707-05
Third Party Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2012-4428
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/27
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/55540
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2730-1
Third Party Advisory