CVE-2012-4999

Public Exploit

Description

Mercury MR804 Router 8.0 3.8.1 Build 101220 Rel.53006nB allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service hang) via a crafted string in HTTP header fields such as (1) If-Modified-Since, (2) If-None-Match, or (3) If-Unmodified-Since. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Category

6.1
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 5.62% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/48079 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73383 vdb entry
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-02/0116.html exploit mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52106 vdb entry exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-4999?
CVE-2012-4999 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-4999?
To fix CVE-2012-4999, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-4999 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-4999 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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