CVE-2012-0985
Multiple buffer overflows in the Wireless Manager ActiveX control 4.0.0.0 in WifiMan.dll in Sony VAIO PC Wireless LAN Wizard 1.0; VAIO Wireless Wizard 1.00, 1.00_64, 1.0.1, 2.0, and 3.0; SmartWi Connection Utility 4.7, 4.7.4, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, and 4.11;…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.8%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in the Wireless Manager ActiveX control 4.0.0.0 in WifiMan.dll in Sony VAIO PC Wireless LAN Wizard 1.0; VAIO Wireless Wizard 1.00, 1.00_64, 1.0.1, 2.0, and 3.0; SmartWi Connection Utility 4.7, 4.7.4, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, and 4.11; and VAIO Easy Connect software 1.0.0 and 1.1.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in the second argument of the (1) SetTmpProfileOption or (2) ConnectToNetwork method.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 12.84% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 31 May 2012
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- sony/smartwi connection utillity · sony/vaio easy connect · sony/vaio pc wireless lan wizard · sony/vaio wireless wizard
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 12.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0147.htmlExploit
- http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/support-info.pl?template_id=1&info_id=946Vendor Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/82401
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49340Vendor Advisory
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18958Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53735
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75978
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0147.htmlExploit
- http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/support-info.pl?template_id=1&info_id=946Vendor Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/82401
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49340Vendor Advisory
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18958Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53735
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75978
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.