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Vulnerability details: VCID-vwsd-4r8c-47b9
Vulnerability ID VCID-vwsd-4r8c-47b9
Aliases CVE-2012-4562
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libssh, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.8
Risk 3.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-189 Numeric Errors
System Score Found at
epss 0.06733 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4562
epss 0.06733 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4562
epss 0.06733 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4562
epss 0.06733 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4562
epss 0.06733 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4562
epss 0.06733 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4562
epss 0.06733 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4562
epss 0.06733 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4562
epss 0.06733 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4562
cvssv2 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4562
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/093313.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/093474.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00015.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00016.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00021.html
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4562
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871620
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4562
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80221
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2577
http://www.libssh.org/2012/11/20/libssh-0-5-3-security-release/
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:175
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/20/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56604
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1640-1
cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2012-4562 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4562
GLSA-201402-26 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201402-26
USN-1640-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/1640-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4562
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.91229
EPSS Score 0.06733
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:01:14.919273+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201402-26 38.0.0