CVE-2012-2108

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-02-04 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the main function in util/lpci_main.c in Csound before 5.17.2, when converting a file, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file.

Affected products

Csounds Csound: through 5.17; 5.10, 5.10.1, 5.11, 5.11.1, 5.12, 5.12.1 (+10)

References

http://csound.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=csound/csound5.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=61d1df45ca9a52bab62892a3c3a13c41e6384505
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00057.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/48719
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2012-4/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/16/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/16/9
http://www.osvdb.org/81015
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52876
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=810810
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74649
http://csound.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=csound/csound5.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=61d1df45ca9a52bab62892a3c3a13c41e6384505
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00057.html

Get alerted when CVE-2012-2108 or the next vulnerability affects your stack