CVE-2012-0842: suckless surf – CVSS 5.5 · Watchpost

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CVE-2012-0842

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2012-0842 · Published 19/11/2019 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-0842 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting surf (suckless).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.38%, higher than 32.3% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 0.5 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
surf suckless	`< 0.5`	`0.5`

Description

surf: cookie jar has read access from other local user

References

openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/10/2 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/10/8 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/10/9 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/11/3 · Mailing List
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-0842 · Broken Link
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0842 · Third Party Advisory

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