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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2012-5946

Buffer overflow in the c1sizer ActiveX control in C1sizer.ocx in IBM SPSS SamplePower 3.0 before FP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long TabCaption string.

EXPLOIT ✓HIGH 9.3EPSS 33.8%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 33.8%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Buffer overflow in the c1sizer ActiveX control in C1sizer.ocx in IBM SPSS SamplePower 3.0 before FP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long TabCaption string.

CVSS 2.0
9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
33.78% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 29 May 2013
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
ibm/spss samplepower
Source
psirt@us.ibm.com
EPSS trend
0%18%35%26 October 2026: 33.78%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 33.8% since 26 October 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.

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-25814source ↗IBM SPSS SamplePower C1Tab - ActiveX Heap Overflow (Metasploit)windows · Metasploitremote29 May 2013yes

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