CVE-2012-6712

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2012-6712
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2019-07-27T22:15:11
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-11-03T02:10:57
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.6.27 3.4
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2da424b0773cea3db47e1e81db71eeebde8269d4 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2da424b0773cea3db47e1e81db71eeebde8269d4 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4 Broken Link
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6712
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-6712
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:39:45 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 00:00:37 2019-07-27T22:15Z 2019-07-27T22:15:11 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 00:00:37 2022-11-03T02:10:57 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 00:00:37 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated