CVE-2012-2944

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

Description

Buffer overflow in the addchar function in common/parseconf.c in upsd in Network UPS Tools (NUT) before 2.6.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (electric-power outage) via a long string containing non-printable characters.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2944

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://secunia.com/advisories/49348

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2.6.4-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.6.4-1
debian debianforkyfixed2.6.4-1
debian debiansidfixed2.6.4-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.6.4-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
networkupstoolsnut{"endIncluding":"2.6.3-3"}
networkupstoolsnut2.4.2
networkupstoolsnut2.4.3
networkupstoolsnut2.6.0
networkupstoolsnut2.6.0-1
networkupstoolsnut2.6.1
networkupstoolsnut2.6.1-1
networkupstoolsnut2.6.3-1

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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