CVE-2012-2133

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 5
Modified
Published: 03 Jul 2012, 16:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 19:26

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
16/100
CVSS Score
4 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.08% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

03 Jul 2012, 16:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 19:26
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel before 3.3.6, when huge pages are enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges by interacting with a hugetlbfs filesystem, as demonstrated by a umount operation that triggers improper handling of quota data.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.08%• Percentile: 24%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-399•Resource Management Errors

    Weaknesses in this category are related to improper management of system resources.

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 3.3.5 | 3.3 | 3.3.1 | 3.3.2 | 3.3.3 | 3.3.4

References (9)