Is CVE-2012-2191 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-2191 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-2191?

CVE-2012-2191 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2012-2191

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 3.9%EU EUVD

IBM Global Security Kit (aka GSKit) before 8.0.14.22, as used in IBM Rational Directory Server, IBM Tivoli Directory Server, and other products, does not properly validate data during execution of a protection mechanism against the Vaudenay SSL CBC timing attack, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted values in the TLS Record Layer, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-2333.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20
EPSS score: 3.9% (90th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2012-2185)
Published: August 8, 2012
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-2185 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

ibm / global security kit
ibm / global security kit
ibm / global security kit
ibm / rational directory server
ibm / tivoli directory server

Certified products that may be affected

5 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

IBM Tivoli Directory Server Version 6.3 - IBM Corporation - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0806-2013 - archived
IBM Tivoli Directory Server Version 6.2 - IBM Corporation - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0535-2009 - archived
IBM Tivoli Directory Server version 6.1 - IBM Informationssysteme Deutschland GmbH - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0428-2008 - archived
IBM Global Security Kit Version 7.0.4.11 - IBM Corporation - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0039-2007 - archived
IBM Tivoli Directory Server Version 6.0 Fix Pack 1, Interim Fix 5 - IBM Corporation - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0283-2006 - archived

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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