CVE-2012-10058

critical

Description

RabidHamster R4 v1.25 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability due to unsafe use of sprintf() when logging malformed HTTP requests. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a specially crafted URI, resulting in arbitrary code execution under the context of the web server process.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rabidhamster-r4-log-entry-buffer-overflow

https://www.rabidhamster.org/R4/download.php

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18929

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/windows/http/rabidhamster_r4_log.rb

https://advisories.checkpoint.com/defense/advisories/public/2013/cpai-07-jan405.html

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/r4_1-adv.txt

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-08-13

Updated: 2025-08-14

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

CVSS v4

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00268