# CVE-2012-3794: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can crash the Pro-face WinGP runtime or Pro-Server EX by sending a crafted packet that triggers an invalid large memory allocation.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Jun 2012
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-754f-5xqj-fwmv

## What is CVE-2012-3794?

CVE-2012-3794 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Jun 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Pro-face WinGP PC Runtime 3.1.00 and earlier, and ProServr.exe in Pro-face Pro-Server EX 1.30.000 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (unhandled exception and daemon crash) via a crafted packet with a certain opcode that triggers an invalid attempt to allocate a large amount of memory.

Weakness: CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-3794?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Pro-Face Pro-Server Ex, Pro-Face Wingp Pc Runtime.

## How do I fix CVE-2012-3794?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-3794 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2012-3794 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2012-3794 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Pro-face Pro-Server EX WinGP PC Runtime - Multiple Vulnerabilities (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2012-3797](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3797/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2012-3792](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3792/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2012-3793](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3793/): Integer overflow in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2012-3795](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3795/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2012-3796](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3796/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 5.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-3794 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2012-3794 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Jun 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2012-3794 exists.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3794/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3794/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3794
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3794
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-3794

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