{"id":"CVE-2012-4956","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-4956","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T08:05:30.477Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2012-11-18T19:55:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:45:58.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cret@cert.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":10,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["novell/file reporter"],"epss":{"score":0.3772,"percentile":0.98544,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://osvdb.org/87574","source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/273371","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2012/11/16/nfr-agent-buffer-vulnerabilites-cve-2012-4959","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/87574","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/273371","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2012/11/16/nfr-agent-buffer-vulnerabilites-cve-2012-4959","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4956","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."}