Is CVE-2011-2492 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2011-2492 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2011-2492?

CVE-2011-2492 has a CVSS v2 base score of 1.9 (LOW).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2011-2492?

CVE-2011-2492 has an EPSS score of 0.35% (27th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2011-2492?

Upgrade linux kernel to 3.0 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2011-2492

LOW

1.9

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

The bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.0-rc4 does not properly initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted getsockopt system call, related to (1) the l2cap_sock_getsockopt_old function in net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c and (2) the rfcomm_sock_getsockopt_old function in net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c.

CWE-200Information Exposure

How to fix

Remediation Available

linux kernelNVD

Affected:< 3.0Fixed in:3.0CVE-2011-2492derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.35%probability of exploitation in 30 days

27thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 27% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch3

Third-Party Advisory3

Other references3

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-29.