CVE-2012-4956
Heap-based buffer overflow in NFRAgent.exe in Novell File Reporter 1.0.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of VOL elements in an SRS record.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 37.7%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in NFRAgent.exe in Novell File Reporter 1.0.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of VOL elements in an SRS record.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 37.72% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- novell/file reporter
- Source
- cret@cert.org
EPSS 37.7% 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.
References
- http://osvdb.org/87574
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/273371US Government Resource
- https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2012/11/16/nfr-agent-buffer-vulnerabilites-cve-2012-4959Exploit
- http://osvdb.org/87574
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/273371US Government Resource
- https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2012/11/16/nfr-agent-buffer-vulnerabilites-cve-2012-4959Exploit
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.