Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-5429

Title: Cisco Vpn Client Denial of Service (DoS)

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-5429.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Jan 17, 2013

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 4.6 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.31%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-5429: The VPN driver in Cisco VPN Client on Windows does not properly interact with the kernel, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel fault and system crash) via a crafted application, aka Bug ID CSCuc81669.

Impacted Vendors

cisco 1

shrew 1

barracuda 1

Reference Links

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-5429 http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-5429

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.6

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-5429 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

January 17, 2013 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.