CVE-2012-4081 Denial of service in n/a
Local users can crash the Cisco UCS Management Controller application by providing invalid MCTools parameters, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-4081?
CVE-2012-4081 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Unified Computing System, published on 20 Sep 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
MCServer in the Cisco Management Controller in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via invalid MCTools parameters, aka Bug ID CSCtg20734.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-4081?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Unified Computing System.
How do I fix CVE-2012-4081?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-4081 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2012-4081 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4081 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2026-20200 Cisco Integrated Management Controller Argument Injection and Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-20094 Cisco Integrated Management Controller Command Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2018-0430 Cisco Integrated Management Controller Command Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2018-0431 Cisco Integrated Management Controller Command Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2012-4078 Auth bypass in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p4jw-hpfq-3fc6.