Is CVE-2012-3446 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-3446 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-3446?

CVE-2012-3446 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.9 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2012-3446

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9EPSS 1.2%EU EUVD

Apache Libcloud before 0.11.1 uses an incorrect regular expression during verification of whether the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via a crafted certificate.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.9 (v3.1)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-295
EPSS score: 1.2% (69th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2012-0001)
Published: November 4, 2012
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-0001 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

apache / libcloud

References

http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf(Exploit)
https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/libcloud/trunk/CHANGES(Release Notes)

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

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