CVE-2012-1179

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 3
Modified
Published: 17 May 2012, 10:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 18:53

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
21/100
CVSS Score
5.2 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.36% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

17 May 2012, 10:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 18:53
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The Linux kernel before 3.3.1, when KVM is used, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) by leveraging administrative access to the guest OS, related to the pmd_none_or_clear_bad function and page faults for huge pages.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.2AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.36%• Percentile: 58%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-264•Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

    Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 3.3

References (11)