What is CVE-2012-0945?

CVE-2012-0945 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Whoopsie-Daisy, classified under Unquoted Search Path or Element. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2020-01-15.

How severe is CVE-2012-0945?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Whoopsie-Daisy

CVE-2012-0945

whoopsie-daisy before 0.1.26: Root user can remove arbitrary files

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (51.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 51.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Whoopsie-Daisy — versions < 0.1.26
Whoopsie-Daisy Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-428 — Unquoted Search Path or Element

References

bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/whoopsie-daisy/+bug/973687 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-0945?: CVE-2012-0945 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Whoopsie-Daisy, classified under Unquoted Search Path or Element. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2020-01-15.
How severe is CVE-2012-0945?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.