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Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-0201 · published 2 March 2012

CVE-2012-0201: Ibm personal communications memory buffer overflow vulnerability

Ibm · Personal Communications

Stack-based buffer overflow in pcspref.dll in pcsws.exe in IBM Personal Communications 5.9.x before 5.9.8 and 6.0.x before 6.0.4 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long profile string in a WorkStation (aka .ws) file.

9.3 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 37% · top 1.5% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
9.3CVSS 2.0 base score
37%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
14References, 4 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in pcspref.dll in pcsws.exe in IBM Personal Communications 5.9.x before 5.9.8 and 6.0.x before 6.0.4 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long profile string in a WorkStation (aka .ws) file.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://dev.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/entry/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/ibm_pcm_ws.rb
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC81539
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21586166 Vendor Advisory
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18539/ Exploit
http://www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/windows/fileformat/ibm_pcm_ws
http://www.stratsec.net/Research/Advisories/IBM-Personal-Communications-I-Series-Access-WorkSt Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73127
http://dev.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/entry/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/ibm_pcm_ws.rb
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC81539
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21586166 Vendor Advisory
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18539/ Exploit
http://www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/windows/fileformat/ibm_pcm_ws
http://www.stratsec.net/Research/Advisories/IBM-Personal-Communications-I-Series-Access-WorkSt Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73127

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2012-0201), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.