Is CVE-2012-2737 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2012-2737 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2012-2737?

CVE-2012-2737 has a CVSS v2 base score of 1.9 (LOW).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2012-2737?

CVE-2012-2737 has an EPSS score of 0.36% (28th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2012-2737?

Upgrade accountsservice on debian 11 to 0.6.21-6 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2012-2737

LOW

1.9

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

The user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb function in /usr/libexec/accounts-daemon in AccountsService before 0.6.22 does not properly check the UID when copying an icon file to the system cache directory, which allows local users to read arbitrary files via a race condition.

CWE-362Race Condition

How to fix

Remediation Available

accountsserviceDebian

Fixed in:0.6.21-6CVE-2012-2737

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

0.36%probability of exploitation in 30 days

28thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 28% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch3

Vendor Advisory2

Other references9

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CVE-2024-27983	High	8.2	87%	-	Fix
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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.