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CVE-2012-0050

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0050 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in OpenSSL versions 0.9.8s and 1.0.0f, specifically impacting DTLS applications due to an out-of-bounds read. This flaw, stemming from an incorrect fix for a previous vulnerability, allows remote attackers to crash affected systems. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not widely targeted.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.9.8sCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.0fCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.0f:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
13.86%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1386 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-0050Important

openssl: remote DTLS server DoS introduced in the CVE-2011-4108 fix

Jan 18, 2011

References

aix.software.ibm.com / aix/efixes/security/openssl_advisory3.asc
h20565.www2.hp.com / portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.html
marc.info
marc.info
osvdb.org / 78320
secunia.com / advisories/47631
secunia.com / advisories/47677
secunia.com / advisories/47755
secunia.com / advisories/48528
secunia.com / advisories/57353
support.apple.com / kb/HT5784
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2392
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openssl.org / news/secadv_20120118.txt
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/51563
securitytracker.com / id