{"cve":"CVE-2012-2972","nvd":{"published":"2012-10-20T10:41:27.133","modified":"2026-06-16T23:42:27.010","status":"Modified","description":"The (1) server and (2) agent components in CA ARCserve Backup r12.5, r15, and r16 on Windows do not properly validate RPC requests, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a crafted request.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["http://osvdb.org/86415","http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/119543/Security-Notice-For-CA-ARCserve-Backup.html","http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/86","http://secunia.com/advisories/51012","http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/408099"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:25:53.526315492+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-2972","score":0.03467,"percentile":0.89063,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}