CVE-2012-3418
libpcp in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) before 3.6.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a PDU with the numcreds field value greater than the number of actual elements to the __pmDecodeCreds function in p_creds.c; (2) the string byte number value to the __pmDecodeNameList function in p_pmns.c; (3) the numids value to the __pmDecodeIDList function in p_pmns.c; (4) unspecified vectors to the __pmDecodeProfile function in p_profile.c; the (5) status number value or (6) string number value to the __pmDecodeNameList function in p_pmns.c; (7) certain input to the __pmDecodeResult function in p_result.c; (8) the name length field (namelen) to the DecodeNameReq function in p_pmns.c; (9) a crafted PDU_FETCH request to the __pmDecodeFetch function in p_fetch.c; (10) the namelen field in the __pmDecodeInstanceReq function in p_instance.c; (11) the buflen field to the __pmDecodeText function in p_text.c; (12) PDU_INSTANCE packets to the __pmDecodeInstance in p_instance.c; or the (13) c_numpmid or (14) v_numval fields to the __pmDecodeLogControl function in p_lcontrol.c, which triggers integer overflows, heap-based buffer overflows, and/or buffer over-reads.
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-189
- EPSS score
- 5.8% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-3388)
- Published
- August 27, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-3388 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- sgi / performance co-pilot
- sgi / performance co-pilot
- sgi / performance co-pilot
- sgi / performance co-pilot
- sgi / performance co-pilot
- sgi / performance co-pilot
- sgi / performance co-pilot
- sgi / performance co-pilot
- sgi / performance co-pilot
- sgi / performance co-pilot
- sgi / performance co-pilot
- sgi / performance co-pilot
- sgi / performance co-pilot
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-August/085324.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-August/085333.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00024.html
- http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=CHANGELOG%3Bh=16c9cbb2f61d909487ea1c3171f4ab33e5648ac5%3Bhb=fe51067ae869a4d59f350ac319b09edcb77ac8e6
- http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b441980d53be1835b25f0cd6bcc0062da82032dd
- http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=babd6c5c527f87ec838c13a1b4eba612af6ea27c
- http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e4faa1f0ba29151340920d975fc7639adf8371d5
- http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f190942b552aa80d59bbe718866aa00b8e3fd5cc
- http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=49c679c44425915a8d6aa4af5f90b35384843c12
- http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=7eb479b91ef12bf89a15b078af2107c8c4746a4a
- http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=9f4e392c97ce42744ec73f82268ce6c815fdca0e
- http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=bfb3ab8c6b3d75b1a6580feee76a7d0925a3633c
- http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=cced6012b4b93bfb640a9678589ced5416743910
- http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f0eaefe046b1061797f45b0c20bb2ac371b504a5
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2533
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/16/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=840822
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=840920
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841112
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841126
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841159
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841180
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841183
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841240
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841249
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841284
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841698
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15471040
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15540133
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15540172
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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