CVE-2012-4551
Use-after-free vulnerability in libunity-webapps before 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a...
Use-after-free vulnerability in libunity-webapps before 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, related to "certain hash tables."
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
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Use-after-free vulnerability in libunity-webapps before 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, related to "certain hash tables."
- Record
CVE-2012-4551- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-399
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Use-after-free vulnerability in libunity-webapps before 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, related to "certain hash tables."
- Record
CVE-2012-4551- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-4479 No score
Use-after-free vulnerability in libunity-webapps before 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, related to "certain hash tables."
- Record
EUVD-2012-4479- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4h6w-r9jm-x3p5 No score
Use-after-free vulnerability in libunity-webapps before 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a...
Use-after-free vulnerability in libunity-webapps before 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, related to "certain hash tables."
- Record
GHSA-4h6w-r9jm-x3p5- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2012-4551 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Ps Project Management Team Libunity-webapps, published November 30, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.95%, the 80th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1635-1
bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/libunity-webapps/%2Bbug/1068495
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/29/3
securityfocus.com/bid/56314
bazaar.launchpad.net/~webapps/libunity-webapps/trunk/revision/815
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4551
github.com/advisories/GHSA-4h6w-r9jm-x3p5