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CVE-2012-4436

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4436 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the run_last_args function of fwknop client versions prior to 2.0.3. This flaw, triggered when processing the --last argument with numerous .fwknop.run arguments, could allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service (client crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 4.4 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), it is considered a medium-severity vulnerability requiring local access and moderate attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cipherdyne:fwknop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cipherdyne:fwknop:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cipherdyne:fwknop:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.4MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
47.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0066 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

cipherdyne.org / blog/2012/09/software-release-fwknop-2.0.3.html
Vendor Advisory
cipherdyne.org / cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/09/19/2
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/09/20/4