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CVE-2012-2224

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-2224 describes a critical DLL injection vulnerability in Xunlei Thunder versions prior to 7.2.6, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through a specially crafted file. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over a network with low attack complexity and no authentication required, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is public exploit code available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Furthermore, the vulnerability has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low profile despite its potential impact.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.2.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xunlei:thunder:7.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.75%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0275 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

blog.vulnhunt.com / index.php/2012/03/06/cal-2012-0006xunlei-dll-injection-vulnerability
safe.xunlei.com / announce/xl20120306.html
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/74811
securityfocus.com / bid/53191