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CVE-2012-2944

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119 Buffer Errors
Publication date:
01/06/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

Buffer overflow in the addchar function in common/parseconf.c in upsd in Network UPS Tools (NUT) before 2.6.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (electric-power outage) via a long string containing non-printable characters.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
7.50
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:networkupstools:nut:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.6.3-3 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:networkupstools:nut:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:networkupstools:nut:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:networkupstools:nut:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:networkupstools:nut:2.6.0:pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:networkupstools:nut:2.6.0-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:networkupstools:nut:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:networkupstools:nut:2.6.1-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:networkupstools:nut:2.6.3-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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