{"id":"CVE-2012-2242","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-2242","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:43:37.144Z","title":"scripts/dget.pl in devscripts before 2.10.73 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted (1) .dsc or (2) .changes file, related to \"arguments to external commands\" that are not properly escaped, a different vulnerability than…","description":"scripts/dget.pl in devscripts before 2.10.73 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted (1) .dsc or (2) .changes file, related to \"arguments to external commands\" that are not properly escaped, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-2240.","published":"2012-10-01T00:55:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:41:14.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@debian.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6.8,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["devscripts devel team/devscripts"],"epss":{"score":0.01697,"percentile":0.76999,"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":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.70%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/50600","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2549","source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55564","source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1593-1","source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/50600","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2549","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55564","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1593-1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2242","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."}