THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2012-6151
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2012-6151

Mac Os X vulnerability

CVSS
4.3
EPSS
9.5%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
Net-SNMP 5.7.1 and earlier, when AgentX is registering to handle a MIB and processing GETNEXT requests, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or infinite loop, CPU consumption, and hang) by causing the AgentX subagent to timeout.
Affected vendor
Apple
Affected product
Mac Os X
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2013-12-13

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 9.5% reflects a lower 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-2012-6151

  • Confirm whether Apple Mac Os X is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-6151.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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