CVE-2012-3901 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the updateTime function of sensorApp on Cisco IPS 4200 series sensors running versions 7.0 and 7.1, including models like the IPS 4240 and 4250 SX. This vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 5.0, allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash the process and cause a traffic-inspection outage via network traffic due to a weakness in memory operations (CWE-119). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:intrusion_prevention_system:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:intrusion_prevention_system:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ips_4240:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ips_4250_sx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ips_4255:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.