What is CVE-2012-5946?

CVE-2012-5946 is a vulnerability in IBM Spss Samplepower, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2013-04-30.

Is CVE-2012-5946 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in IBM Spss Samplepower

CVE-2012-5946

Buffer overflow in the c1sizer ActiveX control in C1sizer.ocx in IBM SPSS SamplePower 3.0 before FP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long TabCaption string.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2013-04-30 · 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: 0.338 (98.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.338 · newest: 0.338 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Spss Samplepower — versions 3.0.0.0

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-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80562 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-5946?: CVE-2012-5946 is a vulnerability in IBM Spss Samplepower, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2013-04-30.
Is CVE-2012-5946 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.