{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2944","details":"Buffer overflow in the addchar function in common/parseconf.c in upsd in Network UPS Tools (NUT) before 2.6.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (electric-power outage) via a long string containing non-printable characters.","modified":"2026-09-05T06:47:34.109609130Z","published":"2012-06-01T20:55:08.857Z","upstream":["CVE-2012-2944"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2944"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"nut","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/nut?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.6.4-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2944.json"}},{"package":{"name":"nut","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/nut?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.6.4-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2944.json"}},{"package":{"name":"nut","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/nut?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.6.4-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2944.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}