CVE-2012-6712

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

2.97% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 86.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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

2019-07-27 21:39Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 21:36Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2019-07-27

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-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

ab12b30b66d8d42e0f4cc61e196a45536bef8b577f352df4b480590b93ab6175

• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2da424b0773cea3db47e1e81db71eeebde8269d4x_refsource_MISC
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2da424b0773cea3db47e1e81db71eeebde8269d4x_refsource_MISC
• mirrors.edge.kernel.orghttps://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4x_refsource_MISC