CVE-2012-1831
Heap-based buffer overflow in WellinTech KingView 6.53 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet to TCP port 555.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 15.9%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in WellinTech KingView 6.53 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet to TCP port 555.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 15.94% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 25 June 2012
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- wellintech/kingview
- Source
- cret@cert.org
EPSS 15.9% since 4 November 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://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-12-185-01.pdfPatch, US Government Resource
- http://www.wellintech.com/index.php/news/33-patch-for-kingview653Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-12-185-01.pdfPatch, US Government Resource
- http://www.wellintech.com/index.php/news/33-patch-for-kingview653Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.