CVE-2012-0219
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.2EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
Heap-based buffer overflow in the xioscan_readline function in xio-readline.c in socat 1.4.0.0 through 1.7.2.0 and 2.0.0-b1 through 2.0.0-b4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via the READLINE address.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (40th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-0255)
- Published
- June 21, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-0255 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- dest-unreach / socat
- dest-unreach / socat
- dest-unreach / socat
- dest-unreach / socat
- dest-unreach / socat
- dest-unreach / socat
- dest-unreach / socat
- dest-unreach / socat
- dest-unreach / socat
- dest-unreach / socat
- dest-unreach / socat
- dest-unreach / socat
- dest-unreach / socat
- dest-unreach / socat
- dest-unreach / socat
- dest-unreach / socat
- dest-unreach / socat
- dest-unreach / socat
- dest-unreach / socat
- dest-unreach / socat
- dest-unreach / socat
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081619.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081882.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49105(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49746
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201208-01.xml
- http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/contrib/socat-secadv3.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.lwn.net/Articles/504742/
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:169
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/14/2
- http://www.osvdb.org/81969
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53510
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027064
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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