CVE-2012-1502
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 14.1%EU EUVD
Double free vulnerability in the PyPAM_conv in PAMmodule.c in PyPam 0.5.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a NULL byte in a password string.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 14.1% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-1520)
- Published
- June 16, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-1520 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- pypam / pypam
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00027.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48312(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48332(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48746(Vendor Advisory)
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1395-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2430
- http://www.lsexperts.de/advisories/lse-2012-03-01.txt(Exploit)
- http://www.osvdb.org/79892
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73857
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-09
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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