Vulnerability · CVE-2011-10012
NetOp (now part of Impero Software) Remote Control Client v9.5 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow when processing .dws configuration files.
Published Aug 13, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 7, 2026 · NetOp Remote Control Client
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2011-10012. EPSS is 0.51%. Act only if a listed version of NetOp Remote Control Client is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- High8.4
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.51%
- Remediation
- Vendor / distro source
- Affected products
- vendor NetOp Remote Control Client 9.5
NetOp (now part of Impero Software) Remote Control Client v9.5 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow when processing .dws configuration files. If a .dws file contains a string longer than 520 bytes, the application fails to perform proper bounds checking, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code when the file is opened.
Are you affected?
Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- vendor NetOp Remote Control Client 9.59.5
How to fix CVE-2011-10012
Recommended remediation
A vendor or distribution source is linked. Check that advisory for patch availability; this catalog does not invent fix status.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2011-10012. EPSS is 0.51%. Act only if a listed version of NetOp Remote Control Client is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with NetOp Remote Control Client 9.5 9.5. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.51%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Aug 13, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
NetOp (now part of Impero Software) Remote Control Client v9.5 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow when processing .dws configuration files. If a .dws file contains a string longer than 520 bytes, the application fails to perform proper bounds checking, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code when the file is opened.
Apr 7, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
NetOp (now part of Impero Software) Remote Control Client v9.5 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow when processing .dws configuration files. If a .dws file contains a string longer than 520 bytes, the application fails to perform proper bounds checking, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code when the file is opened.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2011-10012
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2011-10012
30-day exploitation probability 0.51%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2011-5245
NetOp (now part of Impero Software) Remote Control Client v9.5 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow when processing .dws configuration files. If a .dws file contains a string longer than 520 bytes, the application fails to perform proper bounds checking, allowing an att
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References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 21, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.