CVE-2012-4517
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.8%EU EUVD
ibacm before 1.0.6 does not properly manage reference counts for multicast connections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ibacm service crash) via a crafted join response.
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-399
- EPSS score
- 2.8% (87th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-4446)
- Published
- October 22, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-4446 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- openfabrics / ibacm
References
- http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.rdma/11659(Patch)
- http://git.openfabrics.org/git?p=~shefty/ibacm.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c7d28b35d64333c262de3ec972c426423dadccf9
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0509.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/11/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/11/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55890
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=865492
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79396
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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