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CVE-2012-4562

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4562 describes multiple integer overflows in libssh before version 0.5.3. These vulnerabilities can be triggered remotely, potentially leading to a denial of service through infinite loops or crashes, and possibly arbitrary code execution due to resulting buffer overflows. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered high severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, with potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. 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
<= 0.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.4.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.4.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
12.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1285 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/093313.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/093474.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00015.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00002.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00016.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00021.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/80221
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2577
libssh.org / 2012/11/20/libssh-0-5-3-security-release
Vendor Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/11/20/3
securityfocus.com / bid/56604
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1640-1