01 Record
CVE-2012-1568
The ExecShield feature in a certain Red Hat patch for the Linux kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and 6 and Fedora 15 and 16 does not properly handle use of many shared libraries by a 32-bit
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The ExecShield feature in a certain Red Hat patch for the Linux kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and 6 and Fedora 15 and 16 does not properly handle use of many shared libraries by a 32-bit
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
- 0.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 29.6% 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
- Low. 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
- 2013-03-01 02:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 19:01Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-03-12
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c34d9a8026390a89a77fb7512e1819f601d4a1cb6dd8c17dc885b955ef2a350e
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.comhttp://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2012/03/some-random-observations-on-linux-aslr.html
- oss.oracle.comhttps://oss.oracle.com/git/?p=redpatch.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=302a4fc15aebf202b6dffd6c804377c6058ee6e4
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120320 Re: CVE request -- kernel: execshield: predictable ascii armour base addresshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/20/4
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20120321 Re: CVE request -- kernel: execshield: predictable ascii armour base addresshttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/21/3
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=804947