What is CVE-2012-3407?

CVE-2012-3407 is a high-severity vulnerability in Plow, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-11-22.

How severe is CVE-2012-3407?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Plow

CVE-2012-3407

plow has local buffer overflow vulnerability

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2019-11-22 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (30.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 30th percentile — 30.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Plow — versions 0.0.1, 0.0.2
Plow Project — versions 0.0.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

References

security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3407 (Third Party Advisory)
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3407 (Broken Link)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/11/16 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-3407?: CVE-2012-3407 is a high-severity vulnerability in Plow, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-11-22.
How severe is CVE-2012-3407?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.