Is CVE-2012-4412 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2012-4412 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2012-4412?

CVE-2012-4412 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2012-4412?

CVE-2012-4412 has an EPSS score of 16.66% (97th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2012-4412

HIGHEPSS 97th pctl

7.5

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Integer overflow in string/strcoll_l.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.17 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

CWE-189

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

16.66%probability of exploitation in 30 days

97thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18
http://secunia.com/advisories/55113
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14547
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:283
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:284
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/07/9
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1991-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=855385
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04

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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.