{"id":"CVE-2012-2175","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-2175","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:43:09.794Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2012-06-20T10:27:28.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:41:08.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@us.ibm.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":9.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["ibm/lotus inotes"],"epss":{"score":0.29143,"percentile":0.98155,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2012-12-31","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":23736,"kind":"exploit","title":"IBM Lotus iNotes dwa85W - ActiveX Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23736","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/remote/23736.rb","file":"exploits/windows/remote/23736.rb","published":"2012-12-31","added":"2012-12-31","updated":"2012-12-31","author":"Metasploit","type":"remote","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2012-2175","OSVDB-82755"],"tags":"Metasploit Framework (MSF)","aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-12-132/"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21596862","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75321","source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21596862","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75321","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2175","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."}