CVE-2012-0219
EPSS 0.08%
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the xioscan_readline function in xio-readline.c in socat 1.4.0.0 through 1.7.2.0 and 2.0.0-b1 through 2.0.0-b4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via the READLINE address.
How to fix CVE-2012-0219
To remediate CVE-2012-0219, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/socat—upgrade to 1.7.1.3-1.3 or later
Is CVE-2012-0219 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.7.1.3-1.3