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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2012-3819

Stack consumption vulnerability in dartwebserver.dll 1.9 and earlier, as used in Dart PowerTCP WebServer for ActiveX and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long request.

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 2.33%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 2.3%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

Stack consumption vulnerability in dartwebserver.dll 1.9 and earlier, as used in Dart PowerTCP WebServer for ActiveX and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long request.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
2.33% probability · 83th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 28 September 2012
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
dart/powertcp activex
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 2.33%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 2.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. 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-37905source ↗PowerTCP WebServer for - ActiveX Denial of Servicewindows · catatonicprimedos28 September 2012yes

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