Is CVE-2012-4575 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-4575 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-4575?

CVE-2012-4575 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2012-4575

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.1%EU EUVD

The add_database function in objects.c in the pgbouncer pooler 1.5.2 for PostgreSQL allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage) via a long database name in a request.

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-119
EPSS score: 2.1% (82th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2012-4501)
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-2012-4501 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

pgbouncer project / pgbouncer
postgresql / postgresql

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=692103(Third Party Advisory)
http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=pgbouncer.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4b92112b820830b30cd7bc91bef3dd8f35305525
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/02/8(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56371(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=872527(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)

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

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