CVE-2012-0407 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in the DPA_Utilities library within EMC Data Protection Advisor (DPA) versions 5.5 through 5.8 SP1. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (infinite loop) by providing a negative 64-bit value in a specific size field. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity, leading to a partial availability impact. While not in the KEV catalog or Hot List, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:emc:data_protection_advisor:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:emc:data_protection_advisor:5.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:emc:data_protection_advisor:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:emc:data_protection_advisor:5.6:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:emc:data_protection_advisor:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.