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CVE-2012-2175

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 29.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2012-06-20 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the Attachment_Times method in a certain ActiveX control in dwa85W.dll in IBM Lotus iNotes 8.5.x before 8.5.3 FP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument.

Affected products

• IBM Lotus Inotes: 8.5.0.0, 8.5.0.1, 8.5.1.0, 8.5.1.1, 8.5.1.2, 8.5.1.3 (+8)

References

• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21596862
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75321
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21596862
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75321

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