CVE-2012-6042

CVE-2012-6042 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in GPSMapEdit version 1.1.73.2. An attacker can crash the application by providing a specially crafted, excessively long string within a .lst file, requiring user interaction to trigger the exploit. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and partial availability impact, with no confidentiality or integrity impact. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, a proof-of-concept exploit exists on ExploitDB, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.