CVE-2012-6712: In the Linux kernel before 3.4, a buffer overflow occurs in drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-sta.c, which will cause at least memory corruption

Critical severity · published Jul 27, 2019

CVE-2012-6712

In the Linux kernel before 3.4, a buffer overflow occurs in drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-sta.c, which will cause at least memory corruption

9.8

CVSS

EPSS

On KEV

Description

In the Linux kernel before 3.4, a buffer overflow occurs in drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-sta.c, which will cause at least memory corruption.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack vector

Network

Complexity

Low

Privileges

None

User interaction

None

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Scope

Unchanged

Exploitation

Is it being used?

Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.0% · higher than 87% of CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet

CISA KEVNot listed

Ransomware campaign useNot known

Affected products

Which versions

Kernel · Linux

2.6.27 before 3.4 · source: NVD

Affected product

Kernel

Linux

All Kernel CVEs

References

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6712

CVE.org

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6712

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2da424b0773cea3db47e1e81db71eeebde8269d4

Patch

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2da424b0773cea3db47e1e81db71eeebde8269d4

Broken Link

https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4