CVE-2012-0409

high
Published 2012-06-01 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
7.5

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in EMC AutoStart 5.3.x and 5.4.x before 5.4.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (agent crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted packets.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
dell emcautostart5.3
dell emcautostart5.4
dell emcautostart5.4.1
dell emcautostart5.4.2

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.