What is CVE-2012-0070?

CVE-2012-0070 is a high-severity vulnerability in Spamdyke, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-01-15.

How severe is CVE-2012-0070?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Spamdyke

CVE-2012-0070

spamdyke prior to 4.2.1: STARTTLS reveals plaintext

Published 2020-01-15 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (59.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 59.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Spamdyke — versions prior to 4.2.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-74 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection)

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/20/7 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-0070?: CVE-2012-0070 is a high-severity vulnerability in Spamdyke, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-01-15.
How severe is CVE-2012-0070?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.