CVE-2012-3420 json
Multiple memory leaks in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) before 3.6.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or…
published 2012-08-27 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-3390
- cvss
- 5.0
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 3.6%
- EPSS 3.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- pcp Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.6.5
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3420
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2012-3420 updated cvss 3.3
pcp: two memory leaks can lead to pcmd crash or trigger OOM killer
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
3.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
References
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hermes.opensuse.org
/messages/15540133
vendor-advisory
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hermes.opensuse.org
/messages/15540172
vendor-advisory
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lists.fedoraproject.org
/pipermail/package-announce/2012-August/085333.html
vendor-advisory
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hermes.opensuse.org
/messages/15471040
vendor-advisory
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lists.fedoraproject.org
/pipermail/package-announce/2012-August/085324.html
vendor-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00024.html
vendor-advisory
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debian.org
/security/2012/dsa-2533
vendor-advisory
- oss.sgi.com /cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=CHANGELOG%3Bh=16c9cbb2f61d909487ea1c3171f4ab33e5648ac5%3Bhb=fe5
- bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=841319
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openwall.com
/lists/oss-security/2012/08/16/1
mailing-list
- bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=841704
- bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=841298
- oss.sgi.com /cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=68fb968b4ee635bb301dc9ab64e633b0d66d27b4
- oss.sgi.com /cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a7dc844d3586ea79887655a97c4252a79751fdae
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2012-3420
- NVD CVE-2012-3420
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