CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2012-2137

MEDIUM
6.9
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in virt/kvm/irq_comm.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.2.24 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI), irq routing entries, and an incorrect check by the setup_routing_entry function before invoking the kvm_set_irq function.

How to fix

Remediation Available
linuxDebian
Fixed in:3.2.20-1CVE-2012-2137
Fixed in:3.2.20-1CVE-2012-2137
Fixed in:3.2.20-1CVE-2012-2137
Fixed in:3.2.20-1CVE-2012-2137

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

0.52%probability of exploitation in 30 days
40thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 40% of all known CVEs.

References

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