CVE-2012-2240: Devscripts Devel Team Devscripts

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 3.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

scripts/dscverify.pl in devscripts before 2.12.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via unspecified vectors related to "arguments to external commands."

Affected products

• Devscripts Devel Team Devscripts: up to and including 2.12.2; version 2.7.0 only; version 2.8.14 only; version 2.9.21 only; version 2.9.22 only; version 2.9.23 only; …

Published 2012-10-01. Last modified 2026-06-16.