CVE-2012-2141

low

Published 2012-08-14 · 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

3.5

Description

Array index error in the handle_nsExtendOutput2Table function in agent/mibgroup/agent/extend.c in Net-SNMP 5.7.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and snmpd crash) via an SNMP GET request for an entry not in the extension table.

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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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`5.4.3~dfsg-2.5`
sid	Fixed	`5.4.3~dfsg-2.5`
forky	Fixed	`5.4.3~dfsg-2.5`
bullseye	Fixed	`5.4.3~dfsg-2.5`
bookworm	Fixed	`5.4.3~dfsg-2.5`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
net-snmp	net-snmp	`5.7.1`

References

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

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