CVE-2012-2119

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 2
Modified
Published: 22 Jan 2013, 23:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 19:26

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
21/100
CVSS Score
5.2 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.34% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

22 Jan 2013, 23:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 19:26
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Buffer overflow in the macvtap device driver in the Linux kernel before 3.4.5, when running in certain configurations, allows privileged KVM guest users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long descriptor with a long vector length.

CVSS Metrics

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

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.34%• Percentile: 57%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-119•Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

    The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 3.4.4 | 3.4 | 3.4.1 | 3.4.2 | 3.4.3

References (10)