Is CVE-2012-5517 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2012-5517 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2012-5517?

CVE-2012-5517 has a CVSS v2 base score of 4.0 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2012-5517?

CVE-2012-5517 has an EPSS score of 0.39% (31th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2012-5517?

Upgrade linux on debian 11 to 3.2.41-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2012-5517

MEDIUM

4.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

The online_pages function in mm/memory_hotplug.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact in opportunistic circumstances by using memory that was hot-added by an administrator.

How to fix

Remediation Available

linuxDebian

Fixed in:3.2.41-1CVE-2012-5517

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

0.39%probability of exploitation in 30 days

31stpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 31% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

kernel.org

Other references14

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