CVE-2012-3899 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service and traffic-inspection outage on Cisco IPS sensors via crafted network traffic due to improper memory allocation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-3899?
CVE-2012-3899 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Sep 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
sensorApp on Cisco IPS 4200 series sensors 6.0, 6.2, and 7.0 does not properly allocate memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and process crash, and traffic-inspection outage) via network traffic, aka Bug ID CSCtn23051.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-3899?
It affects 6 products.
Products include Cisco Intrusion Prevention System, Cisco Ips 4240, Cisco Ips 4250 Sx, Cisco Ips 4255, Cisco Ips 4260, Cisco Ips 4270-20.
How do I fix CVE-2012-3899?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-3899 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2012-3899 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-3899 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p75j-c4gv-8vx8.