What is CVE-2012-6083?

CVE-2012-6083 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freeciv, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-01-23.

How severe is CVE-2012-6083?

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

Resource exhaustion in Freeciv

CVE-2012-6083

Freeciv before 2.3.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted packet.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.117 (95.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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:N/A:H.

Affected products

Freeciv — versions before 2.3.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

secalert@redhat.com (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-6083?: CVE-2012-6083 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freeciv, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-01-23.
How severe is CVE-2012-6083?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.