CVE-2012-6704

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

0.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 35.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

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

Red Hat severity

Moderate. 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.

Published

2016-12-28 07:42Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 21:36Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-12-02

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
• CWE-190Integer Overflow or WraparoundBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

2b0870259cb1f0f01de148a520db80a43c243279bccf34408b728a195ba86d88

• www.securityfocus.com95135http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95135vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1402024x_refsource_CONFIRM
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=82981930125abfd39d7c8378a9cfdf5e1be2002bx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161202 Re: CVE Request: Linux: signed overflows for SO_{SND|RCV}BUFFORCEhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/03/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/82981930125abfd39d7c8378a9cfdf5e1be2002bx_refsource_CONFIRM