CVE-2012-5640
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: November 25, 2019 at 02:17 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:47 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsThttpdThttpd
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
thttpd has a local DoS vulnerability via specially-crafted .htpasswd files
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/15/1Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5640x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5640x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5640CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476
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