HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2012-0915

Renren Talk vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
3.5%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
Integer signedness error in RenRen Talk 2.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted dimensions of a skin file, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, as demonstrated using a BMP image.
Affected vendor
Renren
Affected product
Renren Talk
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2012-01-24

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2012-0915

  • Confirm whether Renren Renren Talk is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-0915.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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