CVE-2012-5416 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Web Conferencing via a buffer overflow in POST requests.
- 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-2012-5416?
CVE-2012-5416 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Nov 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Buffer overflow in Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Web Conferencing before 7.1MR1 Patch 1, 8.0 before 8.0MR1 Patch 1, and 8.5 before 8.5MR3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon hang) via unspecified parameters in a POST request, aka Bug ID CSCua66341.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-5416?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Unified Meetingplace.
How do I fix CVE-2012-5416?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-5416 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-2012-5416 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-5416 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-phh9-5f9f-v6mm.