{"id":"CVE-2012-0211","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-0211","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:42:30.560Z","title":"debdiff.pl in devscripts 2.10.x before 2.10.69 and 2.11.x before 2.11.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted tarball file name in the top-level directory of an original (.orig) source tarball of a source package.","description":"debdiff.pl in devscripts 2.10.x before 2.10.69 and 2.11.x before 2.11.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted tarball file name in the top-level directory of an original (.orig) source tarball of a source package.","published":"2012-06-16T00:55:06.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:36:54.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@debian.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":9.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["devscripts devel team/devscripts"],"epss":{"score":0.05751,"percentile":0.93019,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.75%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=devscripts/devscripts.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=87f88232eb643f0c118c6ba38db8e966915b450f","source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=devscripts/devscripts.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=9cbe605d3eab4f9e67525f69b676c55b273b7a03","source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/47955","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/48039","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1366-1","source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2409","source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/79320","source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52029","source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73216","source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=devscripts/devscripts.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=87f88232eb643f0c118c6ba38db8e966915b450f","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=devscripts/devscripts.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=9cbe605d3eab4f9e67525f69b676c55b273b7a03","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/47955","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/48039","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1366-1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2409","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/79320","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52029","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73216","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0211","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}