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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2012-2175

Buffer overflow in the Attachment_Times method in a certain ActiveX control in dwa85W.dll in IBM Lotus iNotes 8.5.x before 8.5.3 FP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument.

EXPLOIT ✓HIGH 9.3EPSS 29.1%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 29.1%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Buffer overflow in the Attachment_Times method in a certain ActiveX control in dwa85W.dll in IBM Lotus iNotes 8.5.x before 8.5.3 FP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument.

CVSS 2.0
9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
29.14% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 31 December 2012
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
ibm/lotus inotes
Source
psirt@us.ibm.com
EPSS trend
0%15%30%26 October 2026: 29.14%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 29.1% 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.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-23736source ↗IBM Lotus iNotes dwa85W - ActiveX Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)windows · Metasploitremote31 December 2012yes

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