CVE-2011-4612

Status: ModifiedMedium (5)—

icecast before 2.3.3 allows remote attackers to inject control characters such as newlines into the error loc (error.log) via a crafted URL.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Base score: 5

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.20%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 82
Score date: 10/4/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Xiph — Icecast

CWEs

CWE-20

References

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