CVE-2012-1465

medium

Published 2012-03-19 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.3

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the HTTP Server in NetMechanica NetDecision before 4.6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long URL in an HTTP request. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-18541 dos windows verified

SecPod Research · 2012-02-29

Netmechanica NetDecision HTTP Server - Denial of Service

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

EDB-18604 remote windows verified

Metasploit · 2012-03-15

Netmechanica NetDecision HTTP Server 4.5.1 - Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_windows/http/netdecision_http_bof rank 300

NetDecision 4.5.1 HTTP Server Buffer Overflow

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

auxiliary_scanner/http/netdecision_traversal rank 300

NetDecision NOCVision Server Directory Traversal

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
netmechanica	netdecision	`{"endIncluding":"4.5.1"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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