CVE-2012-4552
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 10.0%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in the error function in ssg/ssgParser.cxx in PLIB 1.8.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted 3d model file that triggers a long error message, as demonstrated by a .ase file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 10.0% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-4480)
- Published
- November 18, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-4480 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- steve j baker / plib
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091932.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091937.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091964.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00013.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00015.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51340
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/29/9
- http://www.osvdb.org/87001
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871187
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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