CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2012-3510

MEDIUM
5.6
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the xacct_add_tsk function in kernel/tsacct.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19 allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (system crash) via a taskstats TASKSTATS_CMD_ATTR_PID command.

How to fix

Remediation Available
linuxDebian
Fixed in:2.6.20-1CVE-2012-3510
Fixed in:2.6.20-1CVE-2012-3510
Fixed in:2.6.20-1CVE-2012-3510
Fixed in:2.6.20-1CVE-2012-3510

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

0.51%probability of exploitation in 30 days
39thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 39% of all known CVEs.

References

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