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CVE-2012-2176

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CVE-2012-2176 describes multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the qp2 ActiveX control within IBM Lotus Quickr 8.2 for Domino, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This critical vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 9.3, has a high potential for impact (confidentiality, integrity, availability) and can be exploited with medium complexity over a network without authentication. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via Metasploit, indicating a clear path for attackers. Despite this, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_quickr:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
31.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: IBM Lotus QuickR qp2 ActiveX Buffer Overflow · May 23, 2012
ExploitDB: EDB-23737 · Dec 31, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3117 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/75322
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/53678
securitytracker.com / id