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CVE-2012-4524

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-11-21 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

xlockmore before 5.43 'dclock' security bypass vulnerability

Affected products

• Fedoraproject Fedora: 16, 17, 18
• Sillycycle Xlockmore: before 5.43 — fixed in 5.43

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Sillycycle Xlockmore 5.43. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091108.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091150.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091709.html
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-03.xml
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/17/12
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56169
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-4524
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-4524
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79558
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4524
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091108.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091150.html

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