CVE-2012-5345

IpTools 0.1.4 - Denial of Service via Long String to TCP Port 23

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2012-5345. PoCs published by demonalex.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a buffer overflow vulnerability in IPtools 0.1.4's Rcmd service by sending more than 255 characters to TCP port 23, causing a denial-of-service or potential remote code execution. The PoC demonstrates the crash condition but does not include shellcode for RCE.

Description

Buffer overflow in the Remote command server (Rcmd.bat) in IpTools (aka Tiny TCP/IP server) 0.1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long string to TCP port 23.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by demonalex · perlremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36514

This exploit targets a buffer overflow vulnerability in IPtools 0.1.4's Rcmd service by sending more than 255 characters to TCP port 23, causing a denial-of-service or potential remote code execution. The PoC demonstrates the crash condition but does not include shellcode for RCE.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: IPtools (Tiny TCP/IP server) 0.1.4
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target's TCP port 23
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-01/0046.html
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51312

Scores

EPSS 0.0807
EPSS Percentile 92.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
kepler_lam/iptools 0.1.4
Published Oct 09, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026