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CVE-2018-12680

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-12680 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting CoAPthon versions 3.1 through 4.0.2, where improper exception handling in the Serialize.deserialize() method allows crafted CoAP messages to crash applications utilizing the library. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring no user interaction or privileges, and leading to a complete loss of 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
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:coapthon_project:coapthon:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:coapthon_project:coapthon:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:coapthon_project:coapthon:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:coapthon_project:coapthon:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/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
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0150 is in the 53rd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-5xc6-fpc7-4qvghigh

CoAPthon DoS due to Exceptions

Apr 8, 2019

References

github.com / Tanganelli/CoAPthon/issues/135
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory