CVE-2012-4428

openslp: SLPIntersectStringList()' Function has a DoS vulnerability

7.5 HighFix available

openslp: SLPIntersectStringList()' Function has a DoS vulnerability

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

10.1%Up 8.6 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

openslp: SLPIntersectStringList()' Function has a DoS vulnerability

Record: CVE-2012-4428
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness: CWE-125
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

openslp: SLPIntersectStringList()' Function has a DoS vulnerability

Record: CVE-2012-4428
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2012-4363 No score

openslp: SLPIntersectStringList()' Function has a DoS vulnerability

Record: EUVD-2012-4363
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x95h-4fhf-p9gw No score

openslp: SLPIntersectStringList()' Function has a DoS vulnerability

openslp: SLPIntersectStringList()' Function has a DoS vulnerability

Record: GHSA-x95h-4fhf-p9gw
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2012-4428 7.5

openslp: SLPIntersectStringList()' Function has a DoS vulnerability

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4428
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVSUSE-SU-2015:0922-1 No score

Security update for OpenSLP

This update for OpenSLP fixes a bug in SLPIntersectStringList that could lead to an out-of-bounds read (CVE-2012-4428). Additionally, the SLP daemon now always use localtime(3) when writing to log files to avoid having timestamps with different timezones.

Security Issues:

* CVE-2012-4428
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4428>

Record: SUSE-SU-2015:0922-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUSN-2730-1 No score

openslp-dfsg vulnerabilities

Georgi Geshev discovered that OpenSLP incorrectly handled processing certain service requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenSLP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2012-4428)

Qinghao Tang discovered that OpenSLP incorrectly handled processing certain messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenSLP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-5177)

Record: USN-2730-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`openslp-dfsg` Debian:6.0	before 1.2.1-7.8+deb6u1, plus listed versions 1.2.1-7.8	1.2.1-7.8+deb6u1
`openslp-dfsg` Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	before 1.2.1-9ubuntu0.2, plus listed versions 1.2.1-9	1.2.1-9ubuntu0.2

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2012-4428 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Openslp, published September 13, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.1%, the 95th percentile. Fixed in openslp-dfsg 1.2.1-7.8+deb6u1.

References

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