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CVE-2012-2141

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-2141 describes an array index error in Net-SNMP version 5.7.1, specifically within the handle_nsExtendOutput2Table function. This vulnerability allows remote authenticated users to trigger a denial of service (snmpd crash) through an out-of-bounds read when requesting an entry not present in the extension table. The severity is moderate, with a CVSS score of 3.5, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity requiring authentication, leading to partial availability impact. 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
5.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:net-snmp:net-snmp:5.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.5LOW

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
6.8
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0217 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 1,637 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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 (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: net-snmp-1:5.3.2.2-20.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: net-snmp-1:5.5-41.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-2141Moderate

net-snmp: Array index error, leading to out-of heap-based buffer read (snmpd crash)

Apr 24, 2012

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0124.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/48938
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/59974
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/75169
support.citrix.com / article/CTX139049
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-201409-02.xml
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/04/26/2
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/04/26/3
securityfocus.com / bid/53255
securityfocus.com / bid/53258
securitytracker.com / id