Is CVE-2012-0270 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2012-0270 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2012-0270?

CVE-2012-0270 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2012-0270?

CVE-2012-0270 has an EPSS score of 54.67% (99th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2012-0270

HIGHEPSS 99th pctl

7.5

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Csound before 5.16.6 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) hetro file to the getnum function in util/heti_main.c or (2) PVOC file to the getnum function in util/pv_import.c.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

54.67%probability of exploitation in 30 days

99thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00027.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-03/msg00027.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/47585
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2012-3/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/csound/files/csound5/csound5.16/Version5.16_Notes/view

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-29.