What is CVE-2012-6558?

CVE-2012-6558 is a vulnerability in Heaventools Pe Explorer, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2013-05-23.

Is CVE-2012-6558 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in Heaventools Pe Explorer

CVE-2012-6558

Heap-based buffer overflow in HeavenTools PE Explorer 1.99 R6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the size value for a string in the resource section of a Portable Executable (PE) file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2013-05-23 · 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: 0.055 (92.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 92.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.055 · newest: 0.055 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Heaventools Pe Explorer — versions 1.99.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

secunia.com/advisories/49239 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
waleedassar.blogspot.com/2012/05/pe-explorer-heap-overflow-vulnerability.html (Exploit)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75742 (vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/53618 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-6558?: CVE-2012-6558 is a vulnerability in Heaventools Pe Explorer, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2013-05-23.
Is CVE-2012-6558 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.