{"cve":"CVE-2012-3287","nvd":{"published":"2012-06-13T19:55:01.943","modified":"2026-06-16T23:42:55.983","status":"Modified","description":"Poul-Henning Kamp md5crypt has insufficient algorithmic complexity and a consequently short runtime, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to discover cleartext passwords via a brute-force attack, as demonstrated by an attack using GPU hardware.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-310"],"references":["http://phk.freebsd.dk/sagas/md5crypt_eol.html","https://phk.freebsd.dk/sagas/md5crypt_eol/","http://phk.freebsd.dk/sagas/md5crypt_eol.html","https://phk.freebsd.dk/sagas/md5crypt_eol/"],"products":["poul-henning_kamp:md5crypt"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:24:00.973572543+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-3287","score":0.01364,"percentile":0.71803,"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."]}