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CVE-2012-5306

44
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5306 describes a stack-based buffer overflow in the DcsCliCtrl.dll ActiveX Control used in D-Link DCS-5605 PTZ IP Network Cameras. This critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code by supplying a crafted, long string argument to the SelectDirectory method. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog and showing no active exploitation or significant community discussion, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, indicating a readily available attack vector.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0.0.4519CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dlink:camera_stream_client_activex_control:1.0.0.4519:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:dlink:dcs-5605_ptz_ip_network_camera:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
12.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-18673 · Mar 28, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1212 is in the 78th 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

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0154.html
Exploit
osvdb.org / 80663
secunia.com / advisories/48602
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/74447
exploit-db.com / exploits/18673
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/52769