What is CVE-2012-6306?

CVE-2012-6306 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Hcview Project. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-02-06.

How severe is CVE-2012-6306?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Hcview Project

CVE-2012-6306

A vulnerability exists in HCView (aka Hardcoreview) 1.4 due to a write access violation with a GIF file.

Published 2020-02-06 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (69.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 69.6% 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

Hcview Project — versions 1.4

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/10/3 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
marc.info/ (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-6306?: CVE-2012-6306 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Hcview Project. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-02-06.
How severe is CVE-2012-6306?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.