CVE-2012-5621

lib/engine/components/opal/opal-call.cpp in ekiga before 4.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a...

5.0 Medium

lib/engine/components/opal/opal-call.cpp in ekiga before 4.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an OPAL connection with a party name that contains invalid UTF-8 strings.

Exploit likelihood

2.77%Up 1.4 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

Record: CVE-2012-5621
CVSS 2.0: 5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness: CWE-20
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2012-5621
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2012-5507 No score

Record: EUVD-2012-5507
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rwrv-fxxr-7f3g No score

lib/engine/components/opal/opal-call.cpp in ekiga before 4.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a...

Record: GHSA-rwrv-fxxr-7f3g
Weakness: CWE-20
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2012-5621 No score

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2012-5621
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

ekiga

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	affected, facts
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-2012-5621 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Ekiga, published September 29, 2014. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.77%, the 86th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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