CVEvulnerability

CVE-2012-2944

7.5 HIGH Published 2012-06-01 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2012-06-01
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119

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.

Affected configurations

• networkupstools nut (<= 2.6.3-3) • networkupstools nut 2.4.2 • networkupstools nut 2.4.3 • networkupstools nut 2.6.0 • networkupstools nut 2.6.0-1 • networkupstools nut 2.6.1 • networkupstools nut 2.6.1-1 • networkupstools nut 2.6.3-1

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References