When was CVE-2012-5534 disclosed?

CVE-2012-5534 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on December 3, 2012, with the most recent update on April 29, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2012-5534 actively exploited?

CVE-2012-5534 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 83.9% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2012-5534?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2012-5534, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2012-5534

NONECVSS 0.0

0.0

The hook_process function in the plugin API for WeeChat 0.3.0 through 0.3.9.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a command from a plugin, related to "shell expansion."

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: 0.0(none)
EPSS: 83.9%
KEV: Not listed

References (28)

secalert@redhathttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=weechat.git%3Ba=commitdiff_plain%3Bh=efb795c74fe954b9544074aafcebb1be4452b03a
secalert@redhathttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/093260.html
secalert@redhathttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/093495.html
secalert@redhathttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/093516.html
secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00018.html
secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00087.html
secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/51294
secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/51377
secalert@redhathttp://weechat.org/security/
secalert@redhathttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:136
secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/19/4
secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56584
secalert@redhathttps://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?37764
secalert@redhathttps://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0347
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=weechat.git%3Ba=commitdiff_plain%3Bh=efb795c74fe954b9544074aafcebb1be4452b03a

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