CVE-2012-4999

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 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: yes
Published: 2012-09-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Mercury MR804 Router 8.0 3.8.1 Build 101220 Rel.53006nB allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service hang) via a crafted string in HTTP header fields such as (1) If-Modified-Since, (2) If-None-Match, or (3) If-Unmodified-Since. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Mercurycom Mr804: 8.0
Mercurycom Mr804 Firmware: 3.8.1

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-02/0116.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/48079
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52106
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73383
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-02/0116.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/48079
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52106
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73383

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