{"id":"CVE-2012-6042","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-6042","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:47:00.216Z","title":"GPSMapEdit 1.1.73.2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long string in a lst file.","description":"GPSMapEdit 1.1.73.2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long string in a lst file.","published":"2012-11-26T22:55:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:47:43.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["geopainting/gpsmapedit"],"epss":{"score":0.02091,"percentile":0.81491,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2012-01-09","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":18339,"kind":"exploit","title":"GPSMapEdit 1.1.73.2 - '.lst' Local Denial of Service","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18339","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/dos/18339.py","file":"exploits/windows/dos/18339.py","published":"2012-01-09","added":"2012-01-09","updated":"2012-03-16","author":"Julien Ahrens","type":"dos","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["OSVDB-82478","CVE-2012-6042"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.commapedit1-1-73-2-setup.exe","screenshotUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.com/screenshots/idlt18500/18339.png","referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 2.1%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18339","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51327","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18339","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51327","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6042","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."}