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CVE-2012-4552

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 10.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2012-11-18 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the error function in ssg/ssgParser.cxx in PLIB 1.8.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted 3d model file that triggers a long error message, as demonstrated by a .ase file.

Affected products

• Steve J Baker Plib: 1.8.5

References

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091932.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091937.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091964.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00013.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00015.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51340
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/29/9
• http://www.osvdb.org/87001
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871187
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091932.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091937.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091964.html

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