CVE-2012-6698

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

1.97% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 79.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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.

Published

2016-04-11 15:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 21:36Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-12-03

Assigning CNA

mitre

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

efea7bc7ed35297ee7ad69a599a7e06494ac06a4f0e5c681f7a97773e7dfb346

• bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dhcpcd/+bug/1517226x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151202 CVE Request: dhcpcd 3.x, potentially other versions toohttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/02/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• launchpadlibrarian.nethttps://launchpadlibrarian.net/228152582/dhcp.c.patchx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.debian.orgDSA-3534http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3534vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151203 Re: CVE Request: dhcpcd 3.x, potentially other versions toohttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/03/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST