CVE-2012-6429
Buffer overflow in the PrepareSync method in the SyncService.dll ActiveX control in Samsung Kies before 2.5.1.12123_2_7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string to the password argument.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 15.8%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Buffer overflow in the PrepareSync method in the SyncService.dll ActiveX control in Samsung Kies before 2.5.1.12123_2_7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string to the password argument.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 15.76% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 9 January 2013
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- samsung/kies
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 15.8% 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.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-01/0036.htmlExploit
- http://osvdb.org/89118
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/119423/Samsung-Kies-2.5.0.12114_1-Buffer-Overflow.htmlExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57249
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81160
- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23136Exploit
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-01/0036.htmlExploit
- http://osvdb.org/89118
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/119423/Samsung-Kies-2.5.0.12114_1-Buffer-Overflow.htmlExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57249
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81160
- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23136Exploit
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