THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2012-5876
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2012-5876

Mediahome vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
4.3%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
Multiple off-by-one errors in NMMediaServerService.dll in Nero MediaHome 4.5.8.0 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long string in the (1) request line or (2) HTTP Referer header to TCP port 54444, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Affected vendor
Nero
Affected product
Mediahome
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2014-05-30

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 availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2012-5876

  • Confirm whether Nero Mediahome is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-5876.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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