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CVE-2012-1180

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1180 describes a use-after-free vulnerability in NGINX versions prior to 1.0.14 and 1.1.x prior to 1.1.17, impacting various Debian and Fedora distributions. This flaw allows a remote HTTP server to potentially extract sensitive information from NGINX process memory when processing a crafted backend response in conjunction with a client request. With a CVSS score of 5.0, it is a medium-severity vulnerability, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, but only resulting in partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 0.1.0, < 1.0.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.1.0, < 1.1.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
10.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1042 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

dahuapatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 1.0.14+
View patch
dfinitypatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 1.1.17
View patch
jfrogpatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 1.1.17
View patch
liferaypatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 1.0.14
View patch
netgearpatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 1.1.17+, 1.0.14+
View patch
opensshpatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 1.1.17
View patch
power_bipatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 1.0.14
View patch
terraformpatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 1.1.17
View patch

Vendor Advisories (8)

liferayllm-liferay-3b80ee12fc4e702fCRITICAL

Memory disclosure with specially crafted backend responses

Jan 1, 2012
jfrogllm-jfrog-24ea06bdccc933beCRITICAL

Memory disclosure with specially crafted backend responses

Jan 1, 2012
opensshllm-openssh-a4a46ae2cc371600HIGH

Memory disclosure with specially crafted backend responses

Jan 1, 2012
power_billm-power_bi-519c053d700f9a4fCRITICAL

Memory disclosure with specially crafted backend responses

Jan 1, 2012
dfinityllm-dfinity-f1e0bf10d1b120e4CRITICAL

Memory disclosure with specially crafted backend responses

Jan 1, 2012
dahuallm-dahua-cf12ae67bc531a0eHIGH

Memory disclosure with specially crafted backend responses

terraformllm-terraform-d8b5a02cc2b5d45eCRITICAL

Memory disclosure with specially crafted backend responses

netgearllm-netgear-058446bc41651aecHIGH

Memory disclosure with specially crafted backend responses

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077966.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/076646.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/076671.html
Third Party Advisory
nginx.org / download/patch.2012.memory.txt
PatchVendor Advisory
nginx.org / en/security_advisories.html
PatchVendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 80124
Broken Link
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / bugtraq/2012/Mar/65
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/48465
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/48577
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201203-22.xml
Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/74191
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
hermes.opensuse.org / messages/14173096
Broken Link
trac.nginx.org / nginx/changeset/4530/nginx
PatchVendor Advisory
trac.nginx.org / nginx/changeset/4531/nginx
PatchVendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2434
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/03/15/5
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/03/15/9
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/52578
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry