CVE-2012-6096
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 66.5%EU EUVD
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the get_history function in history.cgi in Nagios Core before 3.4.4, and Icinga 1.6.x before 1.6.2, 1.7.x before 1.7.4, and 1.8.x before 1.8.4, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) host_name variable (host parameter) or (2) svc_description variable.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 66.5% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-5966)
- Published
- January 22, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-5966 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- icinga / icinga
- icinga / icinga
- icinga / icinga
- icinga / icinga
- icinga / icinga
- icinga / icinga
- icinga / icinga
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- nagios / nagios
- nagios / nagios
- nagios / nagios
- nagios / nagios
- nagios / nagios
- nagios / nagios
- nagios / nagios
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- nagios / nagios
- nagios / nagios
References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2012-December/089125.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00033.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00060.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00077.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00088.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51863(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2616
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2653
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24084(Exploit)
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24159(Exploit)
- http://www.nagios.org/projects/nagioscore/history/core-3x
- http://www.osvdb.org/89170
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56879(Exploit)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=893269
- https://dev.icinga.org/issues/3532(Vendor Advisory)
- https://www.icinga.org/2013/01/14/icinga-1-6-2-1-7-4-1-8-4-released/
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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