CVE-2012-4415

Fedora < 0.6.2 - Memory Corruption

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2012-4415. PoCs published by Michael Jumper.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a buffer overflow in libguac (CVE-2012-4415) to achieve remote code execution via return-to-libc on Debian i386 systems. It sends a crafted payload to guacd on port 4822, bypassing non-executable stack protections.

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the guac_client_plugin_open function in libguac in Guacamole before 0.6.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long protocol name.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Michael Jumper · pythonremotelinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37788

This exploit leverages a buffer overflow in libguac (CVE-2012-4415) to achieve remote code execution via return-to-libc on Debian i386 systems. It sends a crafted payload to guacd on port 4822, bypassing non-executable stack protections.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: guacd 0.6.0-1
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to guacd on port 4822 · Target running Debian i386 with guacd 0.6.0-1
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55497
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=856743
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/11/7
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/088272.html
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/11/3
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/088031.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/088218.html
Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-09/0107.html

Scores

EPSS 0.1358
EPSS Percentile 96.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (5)
fedoraproject/fedora 16
fedoraproject/fedora 17
guac-dev/guacamole 0.5.0
guac-dev/guacamole 0.6.0
guac-dev/guacamole < 0.6.2
Published Oct 01, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026