CVE-2012-0842
surf: cookie jar has read access from other local user
surf: cookie jar has read access from other local user
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
surf: cookie jar has read access from other local user
- Record
CVE-2012-0842- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
surf: cookie jar has read access from other local user
- Record
CVE-2012-0842- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-0867 No score
surf: cookie jar has read access from other local user
- Record
EUVD-2012-0867- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6fcx-7m99-66c8 No score
surf: cookie jar has read access from other local user
surf: cookie jar has read access from other local user
- Record
GHSA-6fcx-7m99-66c8- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
surf: cookie jar has read access from other local user
- Record
CVE-2012-0842- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2012-0842
surf: cookie jar has read access from other local user
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2012-0842- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2012-0842 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Suckless Surf, published November 19, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.38%, the 32nd percentile. Fixed in surf 0.4.1-6.
References
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0842
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-0842
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-0842
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/10/8
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0842
github.com/advisories/GHSA-6fcx-7m99-66c8