CVE-2012-4458

qpid-cpp: long arrays of zero-width types cause a denial of service

Severity Score

5.3

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The AMQP type decoder in Apache Qpid 0.20 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and server crash) via a large number of zero width elements in the client-properties map in a connection.start-ok message.

El tipo decodificador AMQP de Apache Qpid v0.20 y anteriores permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicios (consumo de memoria y caída del servicio) a través de un número de grande de ceros en el mapa client-properties en un mensaje connection-start-ok.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2012-08-21 CVE Reserved
2013-03-12 CVE Published
2024-09-17 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-189: Numeric Errors

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/QPID-4629	X_refsource_confirm
https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=fixVersion%20%3D%20%220.21%22%20AND%20project%20%3D%20QPID	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1453031	2013-03-19

URL	Date	SRC
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0561.html	2013-03-19
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0562.html	2013-03-19
http://secunia.com/advisories/52516	2013-03-19
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861234	2013-03-06
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4458	2013-03-06

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Qpid Search vendor "Apache" for product "Qpid"				<= 0.20 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Qpid" and version " <= 0.20"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Qpid Search vendor "Apache" for product "Qpid"				0.5 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Qpid" and version "0.5"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Qpid Search vendor "Apache" for product "Qpid"				0.6 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Qpid" and version "0.6"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Qpid Search vendor "Apache" for product "Qpid"				0.7 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Qpid" and version "0.7"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Qpid Search vendor "Apache" for product "Qpid"				0.8 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Qpid" and version "0.8"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Qpid Search vendor "Apache" for product "Qpid"				0.9 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Qpid" and version "0.9"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Qpid Search vendor "Apache" for product "Qpid"				0.10 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Qpid" and version "0.10"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Qpid Search vendor "Apache" for product "Qpid"				0.11 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Qpid" and version "0.11"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Qpid Search vendor "Apache" for product "Qpid"				0.12 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Qpid" and version "0.12"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Qpid Search vendor "Apache" for product "Qpid"				0.13 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Qpid" and version "0.13"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Qpid Search vendor "Apache" for product "Qpid"				0.14 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Qpid" and version "0.14"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Qpid Search vendor "Apache" for product "Qpid"				0.15 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Qpid" and version "0.15"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Qpid Search vendor "Apache" for product "Qpid"				0.16 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Qpid" and version "0.16"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Qpid Search vendor "Apache" for product "Qpid"				0.17 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Qpid" and version "0.17"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Qpid Search vendor "Apache" for product "Qpid"				0.18 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Qpid" and version "0.18"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Qpid Search vendor "Apache" for product "Qpid"				0.19 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Qpid" and version "0.19"		-		Affected