THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2012-1180
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2012-1180

Nginx vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
10.4%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
Use-after-free vulnerability in nginx before 1.0.14 and 1.1.x before 1.1.17 allows remote HTTP servers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted backend response, in conjunction with a client request.
Affected vendor
F5
Affected product
Nginx
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2012-04-17

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 10.4% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2012-1180

  • Confirm whether F5 Nginx is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-1180.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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