The TLS protocol 1.2 and earlier, as used in Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Qt, and other products, can encrypt compressed data without properly obfuscating the length of the unencrypted data, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain plaintext HTTP headers by observing length differences during a series of guesses in which a string in an HTTP request potentially matches an unknown string in an HTTP header, aka a "CRIME" attack.
CVE-2012-4929
This CVE was only ever scored under CVSS v2.0. NVD CVSS v2.0 base 2.6 — v2 rates that LOW (v2 bands: LOW 0.0–3.9 / MEDIUM 4.0–6.9 / HIGH 7.0–10.0; v2 has no CRITICAL band). Vector AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. CVSS v2 is an older, coarser metric than v3.1/v4.0 (no Scope, no User Interaction, no Attack Requirements), so it is not directly comparable to a v3 or v4 score. NVD has never re-scored this record under v3. EPSS predicts 4.3% exploitation probability in the next 30 days, which is reflected in EG Risk but does not lift the v2 base. Confidence: LOW.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v2.0 (legacy)
- 2.6LOWNVD never assigned a CVSS v3 rating to this CVE
- EG Score
- 2.6(low)
- EG Risk
- 32(Track)EG Risk 32/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity26% × 45%Exploitation40% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 4%
- EPSS %ILE
- 91%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 15, 2012
Last Modified
April 29, 2026
References (68)
- cve@mitrehttp://arstechnica.com/security/2012/09/crime-hijacks-https-sessions/
- cve@mitrehttp://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=139744
- cve@mitrehttp://isecpartners.com/blog/2012/9/14/details-on-the-crime-attack.html
- cve@mitrehttp://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN65273415/index.html
- cve@mitrehttp://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2016/JVNDB-2016-000129.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101366.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00096.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00034.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00048.html
- cve@mitrehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136612293908376&w=2
- cve@mitrehttp://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4510829
- cve@mitrehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0587.html
- cve@mitrehttp://security.stackexchange.com/questions/19911/crime-how-to-beat-the-beast-successor
- cve@mitrehttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT5784
Patch Availability(6)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | libqt4-network (4:4.7.4-0ubuntu8.2) @ oneiric | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | apache2.2-common (2.2.14-5ubuntu8.10) @ lucid | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | libssl1.0.0 (1.0.1c-4ubuntu8.1) @ raring | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| redhat | spice-client-msi-0:3.3-12 | 2014-04-17 | redhat |
| redhat | rhev-hypervisor6-0:6.4-20130306.2.el6_4 | 2013-03-13 | redhat |
| redhat | openssl-0:1.0.0-27.el6_4.2 | 2013-03-04 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(26 across 7 ecosystems)
Debian:11(5)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache2 | — | 2.2.22-12 | — |
| lighttpd | — | 1.4.30-1 | — |
| nginx | — | 1.2.1-2.2 | — |
| openssl | — | 1.0.1e-5 | — |
| pound | — | 2.6-3 | — |
Debian:13(5)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache2 | — | 2.2.22-12 | — |
| lighttpd | — | 1.4.30-1 | — |
| nginx | — | 1.2.1-2.2 | — |
| openssl | — | 1.0.1e-5 | — |
| pound | — | 2.6-3 | — |
Debian:14(5)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache2 | — | 2.2.22-12 | — |
| lighttpd | — | 1.4.30-1 | — |
| nginx | — | 1.2.1-2.2 | — |
| openssl | — | 1.0.1e-5 | — |
| pound | — | 2.6-3 | — |
Debian:6.0(5)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache2 | 2.2.16-6 ... 2.2.16-6+squeeze8 (11 versions) | 2.2.16-6+squeeze10 | — |
| lighttpd | 1.4.28-2, 1.4.28-2+squeeze1, 1.4.28-2+squeeze1.1 | 1.4.28-2+squeeze1.2 | — |
| nginx | 0.7.67-3, 0.7.67-3+squeeze1, 0.7.67-3+squeeze2 | 0.7.67-3+squeeze3 | — |
| openssl | 0.9.8o-4 ... 0.9.8o-4squeeze9 (15 versions) | 0.9.8o-4squeeze16 | — |
| pound | 2.5-1, 2.5-1.1, 2.6-1 | 2.6-1+deb6u1 | — |
Debian:12(4)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache2 | — | 2.2.22-12 | — |
| lighttpd | — | 1.4.30-1 | — |
| nginx | — | 1.2.1-2.2 | — |
| openssl | — | 1.0.1e-5 | — |
Debian:7(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| pound | 2.6-2 | 2.6-2+deb7u1 | — |
Debian:8(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| pound | 2.6-6 | 2.6-6+deb8u1 | — |
All Vendor Advisories
(6)
Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
- Red HatRHSA-2013:0587MODERATE2012-09-13
RHSA-2013:0587 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2013:0636MODERATE2012-09-13
RHSA-2013:0636 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2014:0416MODERATE2012-09-13
RHSA-2014:0416 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-1627-1MEDIUM
Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-1628-1MEDIUM
Qt vulnerability
- UbuntuUSN-1898-1MEDIUM
OpenSSL vulnerability
Data Freshness Timeline
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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
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Publicly available exploits
(2 references)Working exploit code is in the public domain (2 GitHub PoCs). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- GitHub PoCanthophilee/A2SV--SSL-VUL-ScanFirst seen Jan 1, 2021
A2SV = Auto Scanning to SSL Vulnerability HeartBleed, CCS Injection, SSLv3 POODLE, FREAK... etc Support Vulnerability [CVE-2007-1858] Anonymous Cipher [CVE-2012-4929] CRIME(SPDY) [CVE-2014-0160] CCS Injection [CVE-2014-0224] HeartBleed [CVE-2014-3566] SSLv3 POODLE [CVE-2015-0204] FREAK Attack [CVE-2015-4000] LOGJAM Attack [CVE-2016-0800] SSLv2 DROWN Installation : $ apt update && apt upgrade $ apt install git $ apt install python2 $ apt install python $ git clone https://github.com/hahwul/ a2sv $ cd a2sv $ chmod +x * $ pip2 install -r requirements.txt usage : $ python2 a2sv.py -h It shows all commands how we can use this tool $ python a2sv.py -t 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 = target means here own device
Open source ↗ - GitHub PoCmpgn/CRIME-pocFirst seen Apr 21, 2018
:hocho: CRIME attack PoC : a compression oracle attacks CVE-2012-4929 :hocho:
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