CVE-2012-1502

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 14.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-06-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Double free vulnerability in the PyPAM_conv in PAMmodule.c in PyPam 0.5.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a NULL byte in a password string.

Affected products

Pypam: through 0.5.0

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00027.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/48312
http://secunia.com/advisories/48332
http://secunia.com/advisories/48746
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1395-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2430
http://www.lsexperts.de/advisories/lse-2012-03-01.txt
http://www.osvdb.org/79892
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73857
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-09
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00027.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/48312

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