When was CVE-2012-6687 disclosed?

CVE-2012-6687 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on February 19, 2015, with the most recent update on May 6, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2012-6687 actively exploited?

CVE-2012-6687 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 96.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2012-6687?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2012-6687, 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-2012-6687

NONECVSS 0.0Elevated

0.0

FastCGI (aka fcgi and libfcgi) 2.4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a large number of connections.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: 0.0(none)
EPSS: 96.3%
KEV: Not listed

References (14)

cve@mitrehttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0184.html
cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/06/4
cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/07/4
cve@mitrehttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=681591
cve@mitrehttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libfcgi/+bug/933417
cve@mitrehttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1189958
cve@mitrehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100696
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0184.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/06/4
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/07/4
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=681591
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libfcgi/+bug/933417
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1189958
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100696

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