CVE-2012-3278

critical
Published 2013-01-25 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
10.0

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in magentservice.exe in HP Diagnostics Server 8.x through 8.07 and 9.x through 9.21 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed message packet.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: hp-security-alert@hp.com — https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c03645497

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
hpdiagnostics_server8.00
hpdiagnostics_server8.01
hpdiagnostics_server8.02
hpdiagnostics_server8.03
hpdiagnostics_server8.04
hpdiagnostics_server8.05
hpdiagnostics_server8.06
hpdiagnostics_server8.07
hpdiagnostics_server9.00
hpdiagnostics_server9.01
hpdiagnostics_server9.02
hpdiagnostics_server9.10
hpdiagnostics_server9.12
hpdiagnostics_server9.20
hpdiagnostics_server9.21

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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