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CVE-2012-5582

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5582 describes a critical vulnerability in OpenDNSSEC where the software misuses the libcurl API. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating a critical severity with a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV entry, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness and potential interest.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opendnssec:opendnssec:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.76%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0176 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-5582Low

opendnssec: misuses libcurl API

Nov 25, 2019

References

security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2012-5582
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/11/28/12
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/11/29/3
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/11/29/6
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory