CVE-2012-0210

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-06-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

debdiff.pl in devscripts 2.10.x before 2.10.69 and 2.11.x before 2.11.4 allows remote attackers to obtain system information and execute arbitrary code via the file name in a (1) .dsc or (2) .changes file.

Affected products

Devscripts Devel Team Devscripts: 2.10.0, 2.10.1, 2.10.3, 2.10.6, 2.10.7, 2.10.8 (+64)

References

http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=devscripts/devscripts.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=797ddc961532eb0aeb46153e3f28c8e9ea0500d2
http://secunia.com/advisories/47955
http://secunia.com/advisories/48039
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1366-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2409
http://www.osvdb.org/79319
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52029
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73215
http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=devscripts/devscripts.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=797ddc961532eb0aeb46153e3f28c8e9ea0500d2
http://secunia.com/advisories/47955
http://secunia.com/advisories/48039
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1366-1

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