Is CVE-2012-2333 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2012-2333 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2012-2333?

CVE-2012-2333 has a CVSS v2 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2012-2333?

CVE-2012-2333 has an EPSS score of 28.15% (98th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2012-2333?

Upgrade openssl on debian 11 to 1.0.1c-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2012-2333

MEDIUMEPSS 98th pctl

6.8

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Integer underflow in OpenSSL before 0.9.8x, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0j, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1c, when TLS 1.1, TLS 1.2, or DTLS is used with CBC encryption, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TLS packet that is not properly handled during a certain explicit IV calculation.

CWE-189

How to fix

Remediation Available

opensslDebian

Fixed in:1.0.1c-1CVE-2012-2333

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CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

28.15%probability of exploitation in 30 days

98thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2015-1538	High	10.0	99%	-	-
CVE-2006-3747	High	7.6	96%	-	Fix
CVE-2007-0071	High	9.3	93%	-	-
CVE-2015-3829	High	10.0	90%	-	-
CVE-2015-3864	High	10.0	87%	-	-
CVE-2015-1539	High	10.0	86%	-	-

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