CVE-2012-2240 describes a command injection vulnerability in the scripts/dscverify.pl utility within devscripts prior to version 2.12.3. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands through unspecified vectors related to arguments passed to external commands. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and no authentication required. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.12.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:devscripts_devel_team:devscripts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:devscripts_devel_team:devscripts:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.8.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:devscripts_devel_team:devscripts:2.8.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.9.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:devscripts_devel_team:devscripts:2.9.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.9.22CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:devscripts_devel_team:devscripts:2.9.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.