Is CVE-2012-2653 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2012-2653 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2012-2653?

CVE-2012-2653 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2012-2653?

CVE-2012-2653 has an EPSS score of 3.20% (87th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2012-2653?

Upgrade arpwatch on debian 11 to 2.1a15-1.2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2012-2653

HIGHEPSS 87th pctl

10.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

arpwatch 2.1a15, as used by Red Hat, Debian, Fedora, and possibly others, does not properly drop supplementary groups, which might allow attackers to gain root privileges by leveraging other vulnerabilities in the daemon.

How to fix

Remediation Available

arpwatchDebian

Fixed in:2.1a15-1.2CVE-2012-2653

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

3.20%probability of exploitation in 30 days

87thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 87% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references10

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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.