CVE-2012-4083 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote authenticated administrators can cause denial of service via buffer overflows in the Cisco UCS administrative web interface.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-4083?
CVE-2012-4083 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Cisco Unified Computing System, published on 20 Sep 2013. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Multiple buffer overflows in the administrative web interface in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and session termination) via long string values for unspecified parameters, aka Bug ID CSCtg20751.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-4083?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Unified Computing System.
How do I fix CVE-2012-4083?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-4083 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-2012-4083 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4083 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-c9w4-x9x3-cqmq.