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Case File

CVE-2012-3420

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 2.42%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2012-08-27 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2012-3420
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
2.42%

Original Filing — NVD Description

Multiple memory leaks in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) before 3.6.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or daemon crash) via a large number of PDUs with (1) a crafted context number to the DoFetch function in pmcd/src/dofetch.c or (2) a negative type value to the __pmGetPDU function in libpcp/src/pdu.c.