What is CVE-2012-2271?

CVE-2012-2271 is a vulnerability in Skincrafter, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2012-05-21.

Is CVE-2012-2271 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in Skincrafter

CVE-2012-2271

Buffer overflow in the InitLicenKeys function in a certain ActiveX control in SkinCrafter3_vs2005.dll in SkinCrafter 3.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in the first argument (aka the reg_name argument).

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.078 (94.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Skincrafter — versions 3.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-2271?: CVE-2012-2271 is a vulnerability in Skincrafter, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2012-05-21.
Is CVE-2012-2271 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.