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Vulnerability details: VCID-xbaf-qqks-aaak
Vulnerability ID VCID-xbaf-qqks-aaak
Aliases CVE-2012-4885
Summary The wikitext parser in MediaWiki 1.17.x before 1.17.3 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via certain input, as demonstrated by the padleft function.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 4.5
Risk 2.2
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
generic_textual Low http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000109.html
generic_textual Low http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000110.html
generic_textual Low http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2012/CVE-2012-4885.html
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generic_textual Low https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22555
generic_textual Low https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35315
generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4885
generic_textual Low http://secunia.com/advisories/48504
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4885
generic_textual Low http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/22/9
generic_textual Low http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/24/1
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000109.html
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000110.html
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2012/CVE-2012-4885.html
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4885
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22555
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35315
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4885
http://secunia.com/advisories/48504
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/22/9
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/24/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52689
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.17.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.17.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.17.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.17.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.17:beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.17:beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.18.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.18.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.18:beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.18:beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2012-4885 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4885
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4885
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 0.60974
EPSS Score 0.00883
Published At March 29, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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