01 Record
CVE-2011-2517
Multiple buffer overflows in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.2 allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability during scan operations with a
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Multiple buffer overflows in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.2 allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability during scan operations with a
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 31.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-05-24 23:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 23:00Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-06-15
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d908bba06940959b870a417c42b3c0f101e352865fae6c2cbc695d5377aeaf40
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2011:1212http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1212.html
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=208c72f4fe44fe09577e7975ba0e7fa0278f3d03
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/208c72f4fe44fe09577e7975ba0e7fa0278f3d03
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20110701 Re: CVE request: kernel: nl80211: missing check for valid SSID size in scan operationshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/01/4
- ftp.osuosl.orghttp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.2
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=718152