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CVE-2012-5048

37
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5048 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in APIFTP Server versions 1.5.2 and earlier, affecting Optimalog Optima PLC. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a crafted packet, leading to a NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, resulting in a complete loss of availability. While there is an ExploitDB entry (EDB-18112) detailing multiple vulnerabilities, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit or Nuclei modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:optimalog:optima_plc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:optimalog:optima_plc:1.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:optimalog:optima_plc:1.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:optimalog:optima_plc:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:optimalog:optima_plc:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.8HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.91%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-18112 · Nov 14, 2011
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0691 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 51,455 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

securityfocus.com / bid/55712
us-cert.gov / control_systems/pdf/ICSA-12-271-02.pdf