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CVE-2012-4817

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4817 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the NFSv4 client implementation of IBM AIX versions 5.3, 6.1, and 7.1, as well as VIOS before 2.2.1.4-FP-25 SP-02, due to improper handling of GID values. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger a denial of service with low attack complexity. While rated with a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating medium severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.4.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:1.4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:1.5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:1.5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.2.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:1.5.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:2.1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0759 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

aix.software.ibm.com / aix/efixes/security/nfsv4_advisory1.asc
Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 85427
secunia.com / advisories/50619
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/78431
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Vendor Advisory
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Vendor Advisory
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Vendor Advisory
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Vendor Advisory
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/55546
securitytracker.com / id