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critical 9.3

CVE-2012-2515 in the critical feed json

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the KeyHelp.KeyCtrl.1 ActiveX control in KeyHelp.ocx 1.2.312 in KeyWorks KeyHelp Module (aka the H…

published 2012-07-05 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-2501

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
27.3%
EPSS 27.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Metasploit

Summary

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the KeyHelp.KeyCtrl.1 ActiveX control in KeyHelp.ocx 1.2.312 in KeyWorks KeyHelp Module (aka the HTML Help component), as used in EMC Documentum ApplicationXtender Desktop 5.4; EMC Captiva Quickscan Pro 4.6 SP1; GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy Historian 3.1, 3.5, 4.0, and 4.5; GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy HMI/SCADA iFIX 5.0 and 5.1; GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy Pulse 1.0; GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy Batch Execution 5.6; GE Intelligent Platforms SI7 I/O Driver 7.20 through 7.42; and other products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in the second argument to the (1) JumpMappedID or (2) JumpURL method.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-12-131-02 updated cvss 8.8

GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy HTML Help Vulnerabilities

  • GE Proficy Batch Execution 5.6 GE Proficy Historian 4.5, 4.0, 3.5, 3.1 GE Proficy HMI/SCADA – iFIX 5.1, 5.0 GE Proficy Pulse 1.0 GE SI7 I/O Driver 7.20, 7.42
    affected: mitigation ge-ip.force.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/fileformat/emc_appextender_keyworks)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

27.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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