CVE-2012-6151

Apple Mac OS X < 5.7.1 - Resource Management Error

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STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2012-6151. PoCs published by Ken Farnen.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This script exploits CVE-2012-6151, a denial-of-service vulnerability in Net-SNMP. It sends malformed SNMP requests to trigger a crash or infinite loop in the SNMPD service.

Description

Net-SNMP 5.7.1 and earlier, when AgentX is registering to handle a MIB and processing GETNEXT requests, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or infinite loop, CPU consumption, and hang) by causing the AgentX subagent to timeout.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Ken Farnen · bashdoslinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38854

This script exploits CVE-2012-6151, a denial-of-service vulnerability in Net-SNMP. It sends malformed SNMP requests to trigger a crash or infinite loop in the SNMPD service.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Net-SNMP 5.7.1 (and possibly other versions)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target SNMP service · SNMP service running with default or known community string
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (15)

Core 15
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0322.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2166-1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89485
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64048
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00005.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/HT205375
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/415
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/398
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/59974
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/57870
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201409-02.xml
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/55804
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1038007

Scores

EPSS 0.0945
EPSS Percentile 94.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (25)
apple/mac_os_x 10.11.0
canonical/ubuntu_linux 10.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 13.10
net-snmp/net-snmp 5.0
net-snmp/net-snmp 5.0.1
net-snmp/net-snmp 5.0.2
net-snmp/net-snmp 5.0.3
net-snmp/net-snmp 5.0.4
... and 15 more
Published Dec 13, 2013
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026