What is CVE-2012-2176?

CVE-2012-2176 is a vulnerability in IBM Lotus Quickr, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2012-05-25.

Is CVE-2012-2176 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in IBM Lotus Quickr

CVE-2012-2176

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in a certain ActiveX control in qp2.cab in IBM Lotus Quickr 8.2 before 8.2.0.27-002a for Domino allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the (1) Attachment_Times or (2) Import_Times method.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2012-05-25 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.316 (98.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.312 · newest: 0.316 · change: +0.004

Affected products

IBM Lotus Quickr — versions 8.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

rapid7/metasploit-framework

References

www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75322 (vdb-entry)
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/53678 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-2176?: CVE-2012-2176 is a vulnerability in IBM Lotus Quickr, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2012-05-25.
Is CVE-2012-2176 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.