What is CVE-2012-2350?

CVE-2012-2350 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pam-Shield, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-11-21.

How severe is CVE-2012-2350?

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

Improper input validation in Pam-Shield

CVE-2012-2350

pam_shield before 0.9.4: Default configuration does not perform protective action

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2019-11-21 · 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: 0.013 (69.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 69.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Pam-Shield — versions < 0.9.4
Pam Shield Project
Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0, 10.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2350 (Third Party Advisory)
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-2350 (Broken Link)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/12/3 (Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-2350?: CVE-2012-2350 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pam-Shield, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-11-21.
How severe is CVE-2012-2350?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.