Is CVE-2012-2486 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-2486 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-2486?

CVE-2012-2486 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 8.3 (HIGH).

CVE-2012-2486

HIGH · CVSS 8.3EPSS 1.7%EU EUVD

The Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) implementation on Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch before 1.9.0, Cisco TelePresence Immersive Endpoint Devices before 1.9.1, Cisco TelePresence Manager before 1.9.0, and Cisco TelePresence Recording Server before 1.8.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging certain adjacency and sending a malformed CDP packet, aka Bug IDs CSCtz40953, CSCtz40947, CSCtz40965, and CSCtz40953.

Key facts

CVSS score: 8.3 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-94
EPSS score: 1.7% (78th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2012-2472)
Published: July 12, 2012
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-2472 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 17, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

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References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120711-ctms(Vendor Advisory)
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120711-ctrs(Vendor Advisory)
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120711-cts(Vendor Advisory)
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120711-ctsman(Vendor Advisory)

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

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