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CVE-2012-5645

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5645 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Freeciv versions prior to 2.3.4, affecting products like Fedora and Freeciv itself. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit this by sending a specially crafted packet to the server component, leading to memory exhaustion or excessive CPU consumption. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high availability impact. 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
< 2.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freeciv:freeciv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
4.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0425 is in the 82nd 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/2013-January/095378.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095381.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/096391.html
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / security/cve/cve-2012-5645
Broken Link
bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2012-5645
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/12/18/5
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/12/22/4
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/11
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/8
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/12/31/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/41352
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry